Gary wrote: > I'm not a big fan of "why" questions. I think "why" is just an excuse > for not wanting to admit that we don't know "what" in sufficient > detail. To misquote Yoda, "There is no Why. What, or what not.". My framing of this is that "a well enough posed question has a self-evident answer". I *like* "why" questions but only insomuch as they are about subjective, human-value relevant topics. Even there, deeper inspection (e.g. meditation) seems to degenerate to "what" with "why" being variously an illusion or a highly subjective self-evident tautology (e.g. "because I want to"). > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 9:09 AM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com > <mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com>> wrote: > > On 4/10/19, 7:46 AM, "Friam on behalf of glen∈ℂ" > <friam-boun...@redfish.com <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com> on > behalf of geprope...@gmail.com <mailto:geprope...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > It reminds me of the quote I think highlights the > individualist's arrogance: "I don't know why we're here. But I'm > pretty sure it's not to enjoy ourselves." (attributed to Wittgenstein) > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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