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What is "Nothing"? [closed]
What is "nothing" and how can a Universe be entirely created out of "nothing"? The moment we give "nothing" a description or definition, it becomes something. The ...
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The timeline of everything
My friend (catholic) and I (atheist) were taking about religion. We bare both scientists and therefore wanted to look at it scientifically.
After discussing, We have stopped at the question about ...
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Would philosophy still exist if there was no life? [closed]
Would philosophy still exist without life? For example, for us humans, philosophy answers big questions and sort of governs society. But is philosophy something that would exist without life? On this ...
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What if the Evil Genius in Descartes' "I think therefore I am" put into our minds the action of doubting?
I am briefly aware of Descartes' argument that even if an Evil Genius made us believe that the world is real the fact that we can doubt this shows that we are thinking and that through thought we can ...
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Being alive today: the most improbable coincidence?
Think about it; modern humans have been around for at least a couple hundred thousand years.
Yet, your mind, your soul, your very awareness, happens to be "alive" today. If time is a flow, moving ...
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If all of us are going to die one day why should we care about the feelings and emotions of others?
We are taught to care for others' feelings and emotions. We must exercise certain deeds hailed in holy texts.
Why do such things matter when we all will die one day?
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Is existence a feature of life? Can a stone exist without life to recognize it?
First of all I would like to make clear I am not an expert in philosophy.
With the question "Is existence a feature of life?" I mean the following: Could something exist without the presence of an ...
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If there is life, then there is more complex life as well?
Researchers in Switzerland have developed an Altruism algorithm that shows how altruism in a swarm of entities can, over time, evolve and result in more effective swarm behaviour.
For an ant colony, ...
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Is a pile of ants a, more or less, intelligent being?
Due to the definition of life an ant colony acts and reacts like a life form. There is even a "Ant colony optimization" Example Algorithm...
Does this mean that the whole pile of ants, not its ...
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A Don Quixote existential question [closed]
I guess everyone knows about Cervantes's character "Don Quixote" and the metaphor within it's lifestyle.
Even though every single individual understands it differently, in my opinion Don Quixote is ...
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The meaning of life [closed]
What's the purpose of our existence? :)
Religions say that without the made-up gods humans have no purpose to live. Is meeting your maker the ultimate reason to live?
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