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BrokenQuill92 Offline
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Why?
April 7, 2014 at 11:28 am (This post was last modified: April 7, 2014 at 11:29 am by BrokenQuill92.)
Why are humans seemingly the only creatures that feel a compulsion to question everything? Why? Why do we ask questions like "Why am I here?" or "What's my purpose in life?" Other animals appear not to have any self-awareness or thoughts outside there existence. Ants don't try to understand what's on Mars or Neptune. What made us start to ask the why and how of the universe? Why are we as a species so curious?
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RE: Why?
April 7, 2014 at 11:30 am (This post was last modified: April 7, 2014 at 11:30 am by Silver.)
I would think it has something to do with our brains, at least those of us who still use it rather than allowing it to go to waste because of an ignorant religious belief.
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RE: Why?
April 7, 2014 at 11:42 am
Lots of animals are curious, even Kitanetos Big Grin

They just don't use human language to convey it (also like Kitanetos)
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RE: Why?
April 7, 2014 at 11:46 am
(April 7, 2014 at 11:28 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Why are humans seemingly the only creatures that feel a compulsion to question everything? Why? Why do we ask questions like "Why am I here?" or "What's my purpose in life?" Other animals appear not to have any self-awareness or thoughts outside there existence. Ants don't try to understand what's on Mars or Neptune. What made us start to ask the why and how of the universe? Why are we as a species so curious?

lmao, too funny. so true.

Evolutionary advantage. Without
it this there is absolutly no free will.
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RE: Why?
April 7, 2014 at 12:14 pm
I suppose it's rather odd to be curious about why we're curious.
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