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The point to Human Existence? Role of Emotions.
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RE: The point to Human Existence? Role of Emotions.
November 7, 2014 at 7:04 pm
(November 4, 2014 at 2:29 pm)LostDays Wrote: I actually first heard of Jim Holt from watching a TedTalk that he did recently. You can check it out here: http://www.ted.com/talks/jim_holt_why_do...erse_exist
Somewhy, I couldn't watch the TED talk, so I had to read the transcript.

When faced with the question, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" I respond with:

Why not?


or


Why are you uncomfortable with not knowing (your favourite ignorance here.)


I am certain to the point of claiming knowledge that we will never discover everything. Even if we knew everything, we couldn't know we knew everything. I Heart Godel.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? Huh
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RE: The point to Human Existence? Role of Emotions. - by JuliaL - November 7, 2014 at 7:04 pm

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