Will humanity ever stop repeating tired old jokes from monty python and Douglas Adams?
If yes I can die happy that things get better, if no I can welcome oblivion with joy
this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2023
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Will our efforts in philosophy ever lead to a non-circular answer to the worth of life? I.e. will mankind ever create or find its purpose?
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What happened to the other species of humans? Would they like metal? The first question can be ignored if both are not allowed
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I would probably ask the question to whoever give this option to me. Probably something like "Tell me about yourself in the most detailed way".
When I die my first question to the Devil will be: What is the meaning of the fine structure constant?
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"What is every number each under 1 sextillion?" bouta buy me a little time
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How might entropy be meaningfully reversed?
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I feel like it would probably be something about GΓΆdel's Incompleteness Theorem. That thing is really annoying.
Although I feel I might get stuck in a recursive answer if I ask the wrong thing. So maybe I would ask something about a loved one, that I already know the answer to.
Does everything in this world have an answer?