“Why is there anything at all?" (or "why is there something rather than nothing
The Fundamental Question of Metaphysics
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I've watched a bunch of those over the last year or so. Pretty interesting topics & Robert Lawrence Kuhn seems like a pretty good Joe in this format....although I'm not too thrilled by his China ties.
Wasn't it Perot's running mate who asked,"Who am I, and why am I here?" Stockton, the great metaphysicist
James Stockdale (USN Ret). Great man in my opinion. Also a true stoic.
I was on the verge of the answer, had a breakthrough, then the phone rang.
Life is absurd. Random. The meaning of life is to laugh at the absurdity and live.
I would like to go to the Neil DeGrasse Tyson lecture at the Palace but I only $50 want to see it. I don't $100 want to see it.
I bet if the Pixies were opening for him, you would come up with that other 50.
A lot more than that.
-just go to will call and ask for Jeff Gibsons tix.
If the pixies were opening for him, it might be worth the $50, as long as I left before Tyson started his schpiel... unless I want bad comedy and Amy Schumer isn't available
Who made God? Where did the chicks come from that Cain and Abel married?
Where did the chemicals come from that caused the Big Bang?
Where did the chemicals come from that caused the Big Bang?
Yes. James Stockdale was a true American hero in the purest sense of the word, and light years from being a punchline on some ****** SNL skit.
Dennis Miller on Admiral Stockdale…
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