Why?

Steve wonders why.

The philosopher Martin Heidegger called this the fundamental question of metaphysics:

"Why is there something rather than nothing?"

I was going to do a video with little dolls discussing deep philosophical issues,
but it wasn't looking right...
so I did this as a last minute toss off.

"Little Delirium" is the plush toy doll figure at the beginning. From the DC comic book series, The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman, and drawn by Jill Thompson.

^_^

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[def44]

Currently, something is an aberration and divine at the same time.

[StevenErnest]

@def44 There is an awful lot of something, perhaps even multiple universes, so I don't know if that's exactly an aberration. I would agree divine in the poetic sense, like a secular miracle. ^_^

[def44]

... And will possibly always be so.

[vdizhoor]

@StevenErnest

Point well taken. :) It is not a bad question to ask. A very natural question. But given the inevitable constrains in answering that perhaps ultimately unanswerable question (in that every answer can be posed with further whys) we may have to come to terms that "the answer" does not exist - at least not a finite one.

And the question is full of biased pitfalls (such as "something", and "why" as you pointed out, never mind, the "is" and "there" :) )

Good luck! :)

[StevenErnest]

@vdizhoor I like your semantical thoughts. Yes, Everything is probably more accurate, but I was obviously defining Something as Everything. Mainly because it scans more poetically, the number of syllables. I think the concept Everything implies its opposite, Nothing, just the same. I know using the word "Why" implies reason; "How" would be more accurate, more scientific.

I'm not invoking theology; quantum physics is almost answering this question.

"Drop the question?" Not bloody likely. ;)

[vdizhoor]

Asking this question is instantly answering it.

Language is the tricky problem here.

Maybe it is better to put it in terms "Why is there Everything instead of Nothing?".

Something (subset of Everything) , implies that there is also Something that doesn't exist. A concept of Selection kicks in, which triggers a concept of Choice and intelligence.

Its not as "begging" as "why is there a creation, but its close.

Suggestion: drop the "something".

Suggestion: drop the question :)

[cuntsound]

@StevenErnest Do fallacious questions not exists? How can we know if the question "why is there something rather than nothing" is fallacious or not?

See, I'm just asking more questions; that's where wisdom begins (:

[hartejoseph]

@StevenErnest The something or was it the nothing.Actually siberian shamans just say that somebody beat a drum and made a sound causing everything.I like that one but then who made the drum and whos drumming? or did something just make a cosmic fart :)

[StevenErnest]

@hartejoseph But what caused the cause?

[StevenErnest]

@cuntsound There may not be, but wisdom begins by asking questions. ^_^