Philosophy

[Pi]

Looking for hypothetical questions to ponder.

If life is unfair to everyone, isn't life actually fair by treating everyone the same?

[Necromancerman]

What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object?

[Pi]

What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object?

The force does not interact with the object because the object is not the path of least resistance

[Apathy Reactor]

why is it impossible to cut the last 3 cards to have a 60 card deck?

because you need them in your 63 card deck...

[Mikefrompluto]

Was "Lost" the name of the show, or what I should've felt while watching it?

[Steerpike]

What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object?

The force does not interact with the object because the object is not the path of least resistance

But the premise of the question is suggesting that an immovable object is deviating the path of the unstoppable force, which is a problem because to be unstoppable is to not be able to have your path altered.

I've always seen it like: if an object is, in absolute terms, immovable, then it must have an infinite amount of standing inertia. Because inertia is a quality of mass, an immovable object MUST have infinite mass. Therefore, either it is not possible for an unstoppable force to exist because there's simply no room (thus ending the questions premise) or the immovable object and the unstoppable force are the same thing (which is an absurdity because an object of infinite mass has no room to change position at all, so it cannot be both immovable and unstoppable).

The answer to that question, then, is "that question doesn't make sense."

[Steerpike]

Here's one that I like:

Why is there anything rather than nothing?

(This tends to be a premise in intelligent design arguments)

[Birdbrain]

What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object?

it bounces?

[Pi]

Here's one that I like:

Why is there anything rather than nothing?

(This tends to be a premise in intelligent design arguments)

If you mean, why does this place exist? There is no way to prove that it does. The only evidence for this universe existing are electrical impulses between the neurons of your brain. This means the only evidence is also a part of the universe that may or may not exist.

We can only assume that there is anything, when in fact there may be nothing

[Steerpike]

Well it's not asking "do we exist?"
It's asking "Assuming we do exist, why that and not nothing?"

[Pi]

Well it's not asking "do we exist?"
It's asking "Assuming we do exist, why that and not nothing?"

I don't have an answer for that, so I took advantage of the vagueness of the question and bent it to my needs

[Steerpike]

Well it's not asking "do we exist?"
It's asking "Assuming we do exist, why that and not nothing?"

I don't have an answer for that, so I took advantage of the vagueness of the question and bent it to my needs

Ladies and gentlemen: Philosphy

[Steerpike]

Oh and on the fairness in life question.

I don't think life is unfair to everyone. Some people are born, raised, and die in luxury. While unfortunate things might happen to them, it's not typically in proportion to everyone else's misfortune.

I do want to say though that life is fair in the sense that there is no prime agent of our fortunes (such as fate or something like that), so there ought not be an assumpion that all our lives ought to be proportionately (fairly) fortunate. That's kind of the nihilism talking though.

[#noided]

Philosophy: the favorite subject of pseudointellectuals everywhere.

[Steerpike]

And also, incidentally, actual intellectuals.