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Too deep for a Sunday morning?

Why does the universe exist? Why are we here? How did we get here? In this Ted Talk I'm going to talk about the why and how we were created...

The why... Asked so much...


Told so many times...

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzA-V0YN3QA]

Maybe... Just maybe it should more be the how...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpOau9ZxQNY

The video with the GIF you posted 😊
@HopelessRomantick: Oh. That video. Lol.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpOau9ZxQNY]
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If it didn't exist there wouldn't be anything. I don't think the human brain can truly comprehend nothing, despite the ample evidence that there is nothing in a lot of human brains. I think religion is just a way of explaining this, and we basically have gods of creation. Im quite happy not worrying about what I can't understand and just deal with the present. Now, where's my coffee?
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@RootinTootinHighFalutin: born to be mild
@Onecharmingman: psssshhh....
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@RootinTootinHighFalutin: 🤓
GlassDog · 41-45, M
I don't think there is a reason. We have become biochemically complex enough to have complex thoughts and we survive because of our understanding of causality (i.e. don't touch something that has recently been in an oven). Because we rely on those causal links near universally, we tend to seek them in things we shouldn't. Questions such as "why am I here?" or "why is the universe here?" don't really have any more of an answer than "why is metal shiny?"

The answer isn't science, specifically, so much as the configuration of the universal constants. It's all just a throw of some dice. Also, in terms of the infinite flow of time, our existence is as nothing.
GlassDog · 41-45, M
@Fernie: Yeah, absolutely. It's the same thing. Metals are shiny because free electrons form a very equally distributed cloud (in the same way that water lies flat in a beaker, rather than any other shape - apart from the meniscus). Because of that, and the polarising effect on the electron cloud of incident light, you get non-diffuse reflection from a tighter area, which translates as shininess.
Fernie · F
@GlassDog: all my life I've had a burning desire to know that ☺
GlassDog · 41-45, M
@Fernie: Haha! I actually did. Even though I studied physics and chemistry, I couldn't work it out and it drove me mad until I researched it. :)
Fernie · F
I never ask questions there are no answers to...but I'd love to hear what she has to say!
alan20 · M
It strikes me Ted has already partly made up his mind with the use of "were created". We're here; that's as far as I can intelligently go. If we believe that some superior being created us, then why - For his own glorification? What kind of megalomaniac would that make "him" ? I don't have answers but any that I've come across strike me as daft. I realise that I'm offending some with this, and that goes against my sensibility (nearly used the word soul). Please, no bible quotes!
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Those are questions I ask everyday and many others
@KindChanny: take a seat and listen in...
Groofydorkgerdo · 51-55, M
And if ya fall asleep, he'll fling his poo at you, ..
Clemency · 36-40, F
You're hilarious!!!! 😂
@Clemency: 😉 Good morning, Gorgeous!!!
Clemency · 36-40, F
@RootinTootinHighFalutin: Good morning, Goddess. 😘
Your post reminds me of this:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5vmHjJ7LYE]
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Do we really have to go through all of it 😢
Joaquin · 36-40, M
They're all listening so intently. 😂
FeetAreFantastic · 41-45, M
You know what? I think the answer is actually very simple. The answer, imho, is simply: [b]just because[/b]. There is no reason. There is no greater plan. There is no purpose to any of this. The universe simply [b]is[/b] and probably always has been because I also think time doesn't exist in any real sense.
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Fernie · F
@RootinTootinHighFalutin: yes..why can't we all just get a bong?
@Fernie: 🤣

 
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