(November 7, 2014 at 7:04 pm)JuliaL Wrote:(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_existSomewhy, 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 Godel.
I 100% accept the possibility that I will probably never know but considering I'm here is it not a fascinating topic of study?! I guess why anything really then if that's the mind set??? Might as well stare at rocks instead until I die? I think it's a great thing to focus on lol.