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Author: IainIain Date: Jun 12, 2008 08:45
So, nothing requires no explanation. It is easy. It raises no
questions.
Something would require an explanation; it is hard. It raises many
questions.
There is, however, something that is just as easy as nothing.
It is called "everything".
One may as well ask: Why is the universe something instead of
everything?
~Iain
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Author: TimTim Date: Jun 12, 2008 09:08
> So, nothing requires no explanation. It is easy. It raises no
> questions.
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> Something would require an explanation; it is hard. It raises many
> questions.
People, well some, require explanations. Something, here the universe,
requires no explanation at all. It probably existed long before anything
capable of inventing explanations came along.
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> There is, however, something that is just as easy as nothing.
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> It is called "everything".
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Not according to what you say above. Everything is all particular
somethings--many questions indeed.
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Author: zinniczinnic Date: Jun 12, 2008 09:38
On Jun 12, 10:45 am, Iain hotmail.com> wrote:> So, nothing requires no explanation. It is easy. It raises no
> questions.
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> Something would require an explanation; it is hard. It raises many
> questions.
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> There is, however, something that is just as easy as nothing.
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> It is called "everything".
>
> One may as well ask: Why is the universe something instead of
> everything?
>
> ~Iain
Questioning nothing or everything has no focus. Meaningful answers
relate to particular 'somethings'.
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jun 12, 2008 11:16
On Jun 12, 11:45 am, Iain hotmail.com> wrote:> So, nothing requires no explanation. It is easy. It raises no
> questions.
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> Something would require an explanation; it is hard. It raises many
> questions.
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> There is, however, something that is just as easy as nothing.
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> It is called "everything".
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> One may as well ask: Why is the universe something instead of
> everything?
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> ~Iain
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Jun 12, 2008 11:27
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jun 12, 2008 12:06
On Jun 12, 2:27 pm, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:> Thread error?
me? i imagine that the "why?" is the consciousness in action.
so the "Why is there something instead of nothing?" ultimately boils
down to being about the question of consciousness.
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Author: Daniel T.Daniel T. Date: Jun 12, 2008 16:25
> So, nothing requires no explanation. It is easy. It raises no
> questions.
I disagree. "Nothing" raises as many questions as "something".
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jun 12, 2008 20:22
On Jun 12, 8:45 am, Iain hotmail.com> wrote:> So, nothing requires no explanation. It is easy. It raises no
> questions.
>
> Something would require an explanation; it is hard. It raises many
> questions.
>
> There is, however, something that is just as easy as nothing.
>
> It is called "everything".
>
> One may as well ask: Why is the universe something instead of
> everything?
>
> ~Iain
The question “Why is there something rather than nothing?
If there was nothing, you’d still be complaining!
...the question is ill-formed because there could not have been
nothing.
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Jun 13, 2008 03:04
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:06:28 -0700 (PDT), turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
>On Jun 12, 2:27 pm, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:>> Thread error?
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>me? i imagine that the "why?" is the consciousness in action.
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>so the "Why is there something instead of nothing?" ultimately boils
>down to being about the question of consciousness.
Speculation :
Perhaps it would be helpful to recognize that
qualia are attributes in that consciousness and that
qualia are religious experiences (though they be illusions).
Thus we literally "worship" as we cognate.
Whether any higher dimensional
intelligent structure is "cognizant" of that "worship"
is up to that putative entity.
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