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RE: Mind-Boggling Questions
November 12, 2012 at 9:22 am (This post was last modified: November 12, 2012 at 9:23 am by Faith No More.)
(November 12, 2012 at 7:15 am)Hitch96 Wrote: Why is life the way it is?
What was outside the Big Bang?
Could life have happened in a way we cannot perceive? (Like having 67 dimensions and totally different laws of physics, etc)

We don't know. The real question then becomes can you be comfortable with that, or do you need to create a fantasy to give you comfortable yet false answers?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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Mind-Boggling Questions - by SkepticalMoron - November 12, 2012 at 7:15 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Ben Davis - November 12, 2012 at 7:29 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Silas Stingy - November 12, 2012 at 7:39 am
Mind-Boggling Questions - by festive1 - November 12, 2012 at 9:20 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Faith No More - November 12, 2012 at 9:22 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 12, 2012 at 9:43 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Ben Davis - November 12, 2012 at 1:18 pm
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Simsim - November 13, 2012 at 10:08 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Cyberman - November 13, 2012 at 4:41 pm
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by popeyespappy - November 13, 2012 at 11:16 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2012 at 3:29 pm
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Angrboda - November 14, 2012 at 2:07 am
RE: Mind-Boggling Questions - by Anomalocaris - November 14, 2012 at 2:23 am

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