What if all the answers to all the questions in the world were given to us? Wouldn’t life be boring? There would be no disease, no questioning why we exist. Would there be no war? I imagine there would be no need for it, since we’d know how to sustain our peoples, our boundaries, grow all the food we’d need… and still I think life would be chaotic.
People would be so bored they would defy the logical answers. Like, what if I jump off this cliff with a bungee cord wrapped around my throat? Okay, bad example. How about, what if I jump off this cliff without first measuring my bungee cord? There is already no end to the number of risk-takers in this world. Nor is there a measurable number of stupid people. You just have to watch AFV to see a handful every week.
Having all the answers, I can only therefore deduce, would not limit the number of deaths in the world. It would only kill off the stupid people. That’s my final answer.
And how about anticipation? If we had the answer to every question in the world, we’d know how everything was going to turn out. It’d be like having precognition. (Except for the stupid people, because they’d just ignore it.) Having precognition would end hope. The end of hope would be the end of happiness.
So there you have it. If we had all the answers we’d be a population of smart, (because all the stupid people popped off after doing something stupid) miserable, yet safe and healthy people with nothing to look forward to.
Think of that next time you wish you knew the answer.
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February 1, 2016 at 5:51 am
Let the Darwin awards speak for the stupid people, it’s their only appropriate epitaph.
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January 30, 2016 at 6:13 pm
not sure if my pingback worked by i am here
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January 30, 2016 at 4:21 pm
Sometimes yes, sometimes no, sometimes maybe?
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January 30, 2016 at 4:06 pm
You are most awesome Linda – BTW… I just wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. You can check it out on my page if you like. Wishing you and yours a great day. Thank You 🙂
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January 30, 2016 at 3:47 pm
but…there’s always an endless variety of answers…no right or wrong–just relative “-)
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January 30, 2016 at 2:43 pm
January 23rd?
Did I miss something?
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January 30, 2016 at 6:42 pm
Your eye for detail is annoying. … I mean amazing!! Yeah, it’s amazing! 😉
That’s what you get for copying posts. In my defense, it’s the first time I’ve forgotten to change it all month. 😛
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January 30, 2016 at 6:50 pm
I think you’ve been superhuman in your ability to keep up with it all, so one minor glitch is allowed.
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January 30, 2016 at 7:02 pm
Oh thank you. I won’t let it happen again. 😉
Actually, I’ve felt a bit guilty for dropping the ball for the last few days. Hopefully I’ll get caught up this week.
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January 30, 2016 at 1:50 pm
In my humble opinion, knowing all the answers wouldn’t stop people from acts of idiocy. Look at all the deniers of climate change!
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January 30, 2016 at 1:04 pm
I’ll keep adventure. As much as I like answers, I would rather have experiences. 🙂
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January 30, 2016 at 11:49 am
I would like three answers, like a genie gives, or how to answers. Some hints would be nice. But then we do get hints sometimes. Interesting.
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January 30, 2016 at 9:30 am
Interesting question. Good discussion
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January 30, 2016 at 5:42 am
Yeah, I think everyone loves some mistakes and mystery so is good just the way it is but is a wonderful subject to think of.
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January 30, 2016 at 5:05 am
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January 30, 2016 at 5:01 am
I have no answers!
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January 30, 2016 at 2:48 am
I think you underestimate the ability of stupid people to create more stupid people BEFORE they pop off….just sayin’……
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January 30, 2016 at 2:26 am
Life would become predictable tedium.
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