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Something has to exist in order to think that nothing exists. For nothing alone cannot think that nothing exists because something has to do the thinking. And that thing is a mind. Some minds can convince themselves they do not really exist but that is not evidence of anything other than flawed thin...

I cannot tell Gary what he can or should do as that is a matter for him and also because I dont give advice. I can only say what I think and do I avoid harming others by being physically isolated and emotionally detached. This provides me with much space to be myself. And so long as I am not harming...

I know of no objective moral philosophy that is not derived from some belief system
However something cannot be objective if based on something that is non falsifiable

Give the poem to your girlfriend and forget about this other woman who you may never see again anyway ... We are talking about the poem. Sounds like you are saying he should give THAT poem to his girlfriend. Can you not see that. You didnt say a poem or write a poem for your girlfriend. Maybe some ...

Give the poem to your girlfriend and forget about this other woman who you may never see again anyway If your girlfriend really loves you she would appreciate you taking the time and effort to write one to her Oh I see ... lets see if the girlfriend really loves you by being fooled into thinking yo...

Give the poem to your girlfriend and forget about this other woman who you may never see again anyway
If your girlfriend really loves you she would appreciate you taking the time and effort to write one to her

What existed before the Big Bang is not currently known at this point in time though
the event itself was simply the beginning of local cosmic expansion and nothing else

Nonexistence cannot exist because that would violate the law of non contradiction
There has always been something because a state of absolute nothing is impossible

You apparently love your girlfriend and she loves you and yet you are writing a poem to another woman
Maybe you losing it is serendipity telling you that you dont need to do this as you already have someone

The foundation of mathematics is logic or deductive reasoning which is a subset of all reasoning. As there is also abductive
and inductive reasoning. But they are less rigorous because they only pertain to probable truth rather than definitive truth

Sometimes the physical observable Universe and the metaphysical state that God supposedly inhabits are treated as entirely separate domains But that is a category error because if the Universe is ALL THERE IS then that logically would include the metaphysical as well if it really exists Christians a...

The most important thing is the degree of compatibility between a couple
Because that is the very foundation on which the entire relationship rests

The Universe is defined as ALL THERE IS and so the notion of something beyond it makes no sense
Even God can not inhabit a point in spacetime that does not actually exist for it is just impossible

you investigate which kind of people who are most averted towards such an idea it is the medium intelligent ones. This group of people are very sure of their knowledge and have very strict limitations to what they accept as possible. This group is approximately in the IQ range of 110 - 130 I am in ...

Death is a state free of all suffering and so is therefore better than immortality for that reason alone
This is why I would not want to live forever since existence cannot be without suffering in some way