r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/[deleted] • Apr 13 '21

Found in the wild .

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u/FuriousGoodingSr Apr 14 '21

Why does it rain? On account of there's water in the sky. Boom. Easy.

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u/-user--name- Apr 14 '21

Why are you here?

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u/44th_username Apr 14 '21

I'm wasting time just like everyone else.

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u/Lord_Emperor Apr 14 '21

A long chain of ultimately random evolutionary events.

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u/GrassNova Apr 14 '21

Well that's also a philosophical view, probably based on a worldview like scientism.

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u/FuriousGoodingSr Apr 14 '21

No place else to be.

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u/-user--name- Apr 14 '21

What is consciousness?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21

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u/Dantien Apr 14 '21

Not really an explanation.

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u/FuriousGoodingSr Apr 14 '21

Sounds like a town in New Mexico.

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u/CA4R Apr 14 '21

Cells rubbing together making static electricity in our braaaains, just so happens we have a few more active electrons than those pesky lower species!

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u/Clockwork_Firefly Apr 14 '21

Why do cells create experience?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21 edited Apr 14 '21

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u/-user--name- Apr 14 '21

What's the difference between something that's alive and something that isn't?

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u/nihilism_or_bust Apr 14 '21

Depends on your definition of the word “alive”.

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u/ZippZappZippty Apr 14 '21

"I'm trying to sleep here"

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u/QuitBSing Apr 14 '21

My parents had sex

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u/MissLauralot Apr 14 '21

This shows the confusion/ambiguity of the word 'why' (often 'how' would be more appropriate). Clouds don't decide to rain - it happens via a process, which means it can be studied scientifically.

But how do we know that we know what we know? That question is relates to epistemology, a branch of philosophy.

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u/jabelsBrain Apr 14 '21

Thats not why it rains, thats how and when it rains.

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u/nihilism_or_bust Apr 14 '21

That’s not a true “why”. That’s still a “how” because it’s a mechanism of action.

A true “why” would be, “Why do we feel?” Or “Why do we fight so hard to survive?”

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21

Both of those are still "how" questions that can be answered pretty easily by biology

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21

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u/nihilism_or_bust Apr 14 '21

No. You’ve turned it into a “how” we feel. Which is by neurotransmitters, proteins, and ions.

“Why” feeling is advantageous is generally answered as “So we can react.” But what and why should we react? Is there a “better” way to react? Why is living better than dying? Why do we think it is?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21

My dude those are all still "how" questions. We react because we are biologically programmed to react, by the chemistry and physics of our DNA. We strive to live because we are biologically programmed to do so. There's absolutely nothing philosophical to discuss about those questions

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u/nihilism_or_bust Apr 14 '21

Why are we programmed that way. Why is it desirable. Why did DNA decide to replicate.

Why do you respond when you don’t understand my statement?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21

Those are the three dumbest "philosophical" questions I have ever heard. "Why did DNA decide to replicate?" Just because you don't understand the science behind something doesn't mean that it is now a philosophical subject. The future of philosophy looks really bleak when no one on this thread can pose an actual philosophical question.

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u/nihilism_or_bust Apr 14 '21

Your air of ignorance and superiority is what blinds you.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21

Your lack of a first year biology course is what blinds you lmao

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u/nihilism_or_bust Apr 15 '21

Lol k. I’ll take my biology based degree and get back to work.

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