I wonder why do we exist?
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Not beer kids can’t drink beer and they exist
Why is the question after a cause. Aristotle noted there are four types of causes. So you are basically asking four questions.
>Matter
>The material cause of a change or movement. This is the aspect of the change or movement that is determined by the material that composes the moving or changing things. For a table, this might be wood; for a statue, it might be bronze or marble.
So here the answer to "why do I exist" is going to be something like; you're made out of stuff so that makes it so.
>Form
>The formal cause of a change or movement. This is a change or movement caused by the arrangement, shape, or appearance of the thing changing or moving. Aristotle says, for example, that the ratio 2:1, and number in general, is the formal cause of the octave.
I think the DNA could be an answer to that part of your question, although I'm not sure.
>Efficient, or agent
>The efficient or moving cause of a change or movement. This consists of things apart from the thing being changed or moved, which interact so as to be an agency of the change or movement. For example, the efficient cause of a table is a carpenter, or a person working as one, and according to Aristotle the efficient cause of a child is a parent.
This one speaks for itself.
>Final, end, or purpose
>The final cause of a change or movement. This is a change or movement for the sake of a thing to be what it is. For a seed, it might be an adult plant; for a sailboat, it might be sailing; for a ball at the top of a ramp, it might be coming to rest at the bottom.
This is the question I think you're really asking. It could be moot, meaning there is no why answer. I don't know.
>Matter
>The material cause of a change or movement. This is the aspect of the change or movement that is determined by the material that composes the moving or changing things. For a table, this might be wood; for a statue, it might be bronze or marble.
So here the answer to "why do I exist" is going to be something like; you're made out of stuff so that makes it so.
>Form
>The formal cause of a change or movement. This is a change or movement caused by the arrangement, shape, or appearance of the thing changing or moving. Aristotle says, for example, that the ratio 2:1, and number in general, is the formal cause of the octave.
I think the DNA could be an answer to that part of your question, although I'm not sure.
>Efficient, or agent
>The efficient or moving cause of a change or movement. This consists of things apart from the thing being changed or moved, which interact so as to be an agency of the change or movement. For example, the efficient cause of a table is a carpenter, or a person working as one, and according to Aristotle the efficient cause of a child is a parent.
This one speaks for itself.
>Final, end, or purpose
>The final cause of a change or movement. This is a change or movement for the sake of a thing to be what it is. For a seed, it might be an adult plant; for a sailboat, it might be sailing; for a ball at the top of a ramp, it might be coming to rest at the bottom.
This is the question I think you're really asking. It could be moot, meaning there is no why answer. I don't know.
A Turkish Sufi once told me (Thus I have heard) - God created the Universe so He could play Chess with Himself ...
@boilingFrog said in #5:
> A Turkish Sufi once told me (Thus I have heard) - God created the Universe so He could play Chess with Himself ...
The Sufi must have been a fake. Playing chess with yourself, like doing maths, requires no universe.
> A Turkish Sufi once told me (Thus I have heard) - God created the Universe so He could play Chess with Himself ...
The Sufi must have been a fake. Playing chess with yourself, like doing maths, requires no universe.
@s2numbuq35i said in #6:
> The Sufi must have been a fake. Playing chess with yourself, like doing maths, requires no universe.
Nice ... totally senseless, but nice one ...
> The Sufi must have been a fake. Playing chess with yourself, like doing maths, requires no universe.
Nice ... totally senseless, but nice one ...
it’s about this thing called consciousness
It’s the state of being able to use your senses and mental powers to understand what is happening
and the state of being aware of something
For example when you are posting this for your conscious for your awareness
but when you are asleep you are unconscious
Nobody knows what exactly is consciousness
some say it is a state of matter, like gas,liquid,and solid.
Others say it’s a thing beyond our minds, it’s unmeasurable and untouchable
Some say it’s stupid but others say it exists
It’s the state of being able to use your senses and mental powers to understand what is happening
and the state of being aware of something
For example when you are posting this for your conscious for your awareness
but when you are asleep you are unconscious
Nobody knows what exactly is consciousness
some say it is a state of matter, like gas,liquid,and solid.
Others say it’s a thing beyond our minds, it’s unmeasurable and untouchable
Some say it’s stupid but others say it exists
@derrickz127 said in #1:
> I wonder why do we exist?
Why? <--------- That question implies purpose, where it could maybe not be any. You are making an impossible question.
Most of the times, when we can answer nature's questions starting with "why", most likely we are answering the "how". The why is irrelevant when there is no purpose, and apparently, there is no purpose, we are just a byproduct of the universe taking its course.
> I wonder why do we exist?
Why? <--------- That question implies purpose, where it could maybe not be any. You are making an impossible question.
Most of the times, when we can answer nature's questions starting with "why", most likely we are answering the "how". The why is irrelevant when there is no purpose, and apparently, there is no purpose, we are just a byproduct of the universe taking its course.
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