Why, Though?

The Abstract Argument

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(I know, guys. I broke my promise to continue the old story. It would have been boring, so... blah.)

Why?

Why not?

But why?

Well, why not?

Why, though?

Whyever not?

The abstract argument. It doesn't really mean anything. It's just... well, why?
I think we need more abstract arguments in life. Not like I'm trying to be a hippie guru or anything, but we need way less answers. If we get all the answers, we become full of ourselves. And we think it's all there for us. We might trip on the mouse that's scurrying by (ahem) you know. If we think we have all the answers, we're gullible and vulnerable to the times when we have the wrong answers. Like thin ice that looks just like the thick ice.

Don't get it? Well... maybe that's a good thing. Then you know you don't have too many answers.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?


"In the beginning, the Chicken AND the Egg ..."
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I disagree...

What's great about having more answers, is that it provide more questions that we need to find answers to.

"The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know"

I don't think we have to worry about running out things that we don't know anytime soon.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Why ask why, drink bud dry.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I don't think we have to worry about running out things that we don't know


Good point! Maybe we won't find everything out ever. The ultimate mysteries must be "Infinite", (literally), anyway.

Maybe we will find all the answers in the next life. In the meantime, we can enjoy not knowing, we can be at awe in the face of the Infinite, and we can have lots of fun in this shit-pit of a physical realm.

Some things are secret for a reason.