Porridge

[gozzer]

Given that our Universe contains all the matter in existence and is also expanding at very nearly the speed of light, it obviously creates the space it's about to expand into.

 

Beyond the Universe is nothing but potential.

 

And headaches....

 

If that's right and all that matter is filling a bigger space, then why aren't I getting slimmer?

[Ken L]

If a tree fall in a forrest and there's nobody there to hear it does it make a sound ?

 

But the real question is:

 

 

Did it fall ?

[ayjay]

But the real question is:

Did it fall ?

 

That depends on whether you're listening in BST or GMT.

[medwaygreen]

If a tree fall in a forrest and there's nobody there to hear it does it make a sound ?

 

But the real question is:

Did it fall ?

 

Or was it pushed?

[The Flying Tench]

I think that's Intellectual Privilege you are referring to

Both. The concept of intellectual privacy is simply that if I say something which is stark staring bonkers I don't have to admit it!

[The Flying Tench]

If a tree fall in a forrest and there's nobody there to hear it does it make a sound ?

I've no problem in saying a simple 'yes', but I believe the philosopher Berkeley argued that things only exist in so far as they are perceived. Ronald Knox caricatured this position as follows:

 

There was a young man who said 'God

must think it exceedingly odd

if he finds that this tree

continues to be

when there's no-one about in the quad'.

 

I think the following reply may have been by Bertand Russell:

 

Dear sir, you're astonishment's odd

I am always about in the quad

And that's why this tree

will continue to be

since observed by, yours faithfully, God!

[Newt]

Beyond the Universe is nothing but potential.

And headaches....

 

Ah - so the wives have beaten us there?

[GlennB]

..... but I believe the philosopher Berkeley argued that things only exist in so far as they are perceived.

 

yeah, but Berkeley was a tit.

 

I refuse to believe my dog ceases to exist when he's not being watched, as he nicks food during the night.

[nomadpaul]

Why is there only one monopolies commission ?

 

Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons ?

 

If they made a rocketship that travelled faster than the speed of light , could you watch yourself taking off ?

 

If 7-11 shops are open 24hrs a day , 365 days a year , why do they have locks on the doors ?

[The Flying Tench]

yeah, but Berkeley was a tit.

 

I've only got 2 philosophy books, and this is not a phrase used in either of them, but ....YOU'RE RIGHT!