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jamenta's avatar

Why is there even existence in the first place? Why is there anything at all?? Seems pretty impossible to me in the first place. But what do I know ...

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John Turcot's avatar

jamenta,

Descartes asked the same question 400 years ago... but " I think, therefore I am" fell short of the existence debate. Your questions are probably unanswerable. To exist, time must exist, but how does it exist if we were alive a few seconds ago, are alive now, and will be alive a few second from now. No one knows what life is, even though it exists all around us. Same for time, space,... we probably know less about anything than dodo birds knew how to read the bible. If anyone can answer your questions, I'm all ears. lol

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Bevan's avatar

“What time is it?”, “Not what time WAS it?” George Carlin🤪🤪🤪

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John Turcot's avatar

I would guess Father Time could probably provide an answer, but not quite ready to meet him just yet... Carlin was a great stand-up... lol

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jamenta's avatar

Good answer John Turcot.

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ikester8's avatar

Well, approximately 13.8 billion years ago...and then, about four billion years ago...and then, about 100,000 years ago...and then we woke up.

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jamenta's avatar

About as good an explanation as God hovering over the waters and yelling, "Let there be Light!"

But I thank you.

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ikester8's avatar

Ultimately, you have to find meaning wherever you can. My path will be different.

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jamenta's avatar

You just want to be different than the rest of us don't you Ikester!

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ikester8's avatar

:-) But I am! And so are you!

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jamenta's avatar

0.0

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bill wolfe's avatar

sounds like a yearning to become stardust to me.

Similar pathologies were expressed on the cusp of WW I.

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