Comments on There's no answer to "Why does the world exist?"TypePad2012-08-04T01:58:25ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/08/theres-no-answer-to-why-does-the-world-exist/comments/atom.xml/cc commented on 'There's no answer to "Why does the world exist?"'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e2016769133ad3970b2012-08-05T16:06:25Z2012-08-06T16:07:05Zcc"not knowing what we don't know (a large part of the human condition) leaves us unduly confident about our illusory...<p>"not knowing what we don't know (a large part of the human condition) leaves us unduly confident about our illusory knowingness."</p>
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I know what I don't know when I have unanswered questions, uninitiated inquiries, or anything I I know of which I haven't examined or explored thoroughly. </p>Blogger Brian commented on 'There's no answer to "Why does the world exist?"'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e2017743eaec47970d2012-08-05T02:09:25Z2012-08-06T14:57:47ZBlogger Brianhttp://profile.typepad.com/brihinesDecaffnm, thanks for the link. I enjoyed that piece. Yes, if we could know what we don't know, we'd be...<p>Decaffnm, thanks for the link. I enjoyed that piece. Yes, if we could know what we don't know, we'd be able to take steps to become less ignorant. </p>
<p>But not knowing what we don't know (a large part of the human condition) leaves us unduly confident about our illusory knowingness.</p>cc commented on 'There's no answer to "Why does the world exist?"'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e2017743ea2366970d2012-08-04T22:45:49Z2012-08-05T01:19:06Zcc"Some of us don't like it. Some of us cannot get enough of it. And no one can do anything...<p>"Some of us don't like it. Some of us cannot get enough of it. And no one can do anything about it."</p>
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...and it's because I can't "do anything about it" that I do things for their own sake.</p>Decaffnm commented on 'There's no answer to "Why does the world exist?"'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e2017743e7afce970d2012-08-04T12:45:41Z2012-08-04T14:52:15ZDecaffnmOne of my favorite article series of the past few years is Errol Morris' great "The Anosogosic's Dilemma", exploring how...<p>One of my favorite article series of the past few years is Errol Morris' great "The Anosogosic's Dilemma", exploring how we can know and even if we can know some things. Great read. </p>
<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-anosognosics-dilemma-1/" rel="nofollow">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-anosognosics-dilemma-1/</a></p>Willie R commented on 'There's no answer to "Why does the world exist?"'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e2017743e78382970d2012-08-04T12:04:29Z2012-08-04T14:52:15ZWillie REach and every one of us, past, present, future, churchy, churchless, axe murderer, recluse, gold medal winner, born loser, whatever...<p>Each and every one of us, past, present, future, churchy, churchless, axe murderer, recluse, gold medal winner, born loser, whatever - is exactly, precisely equivalent to "Reality", which transcends the categories of existence and non-existence, both states themselves being subsumed under the "Reality" heading.</p>
<p>Some of us don't like it. Some of us cannot get enough of it. And no one can do anything about it.</p>