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Post by Schamæl on May 15, 2009 20:02:42 GMT
My question to you all:
Is impossibility the only true impossibility?
It seems increasingly so these days...
Thoughts?
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Post by Charlie on May 27, 2009 20:14:48 GMT
Paradox  Saying its impossible for things to be impossible is contradictory, therefore surely the statement is invalid in which case it is possible to have an impossibility. If that makes sense. |
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Post by Schamæl on May 27, 2009 20:17:43 GMT
Ahh, but that can only be true if backed up - can something be impossible? I honestly cannot find anything. Neither can a lot of people. If nothing is impossible, then impossibility must be impossible, in that "the impossible" does not truly exist. |
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Post by Chris on May 27, 2009 20:31:14 GMT
the way i see it is that the second 'impossibility' in 'Is impossibility an impossibility', is a figtional 1, therefore saying that the question contradicts itself is invalid, becase it technically doesn't. but i can think of an impossibility, the french fighting a war to the end and not surrenderin  |
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Post by Charlie on May 28, 2009 19:11:05 GMT
Would you say 'flapping your arms and flying' etc, is an impossible event? Without external apparatus etc? I know you can make up scenarios in which due to some strange, possibly unexplained, reason it is possible, but wouldnt that just be an unrealistic view towards it? Personally, i think some things are impossible, but that we actually believe certain things to be impossible when in actual fact they arn't; we are just underestimating ourselves. Chris, do you mean by fictional that it means it is non-existant rather than impossible? I see where you are coming from if thats the case
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Post by Schamæl on May 28, 2009 19:42:27 GMT
Not at all - I would say that that is entirely possible. Hard, very much so, but not impossible at all.
I would shy away from "unrealistic" myself, preferring perhaps improbable.
I actually completely agree with part of that - that in saing possible things are impossible, we are underestimating myself, and also surely underestimating the Omniverse too...
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Post by Charlie on May 29, 2009 7:38:44 GMT
I guess it really comes down to what you perceieve as impossible. I am probably the much more negative person when it comes down to this kind of thing, but others i would say are more 'optimistic'.
But by 'unrealistic' i mean the person who is interpreting the probability, not the actual probability itself.
Just to put a twist in the debate, do you think that because science does not know everything that it is 'impossible' to know the limitations?
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Post by TrustNo1 on Nov 10, 2009 15:37:20 GMT
I love stuff like this. Haven't got a clue, but it's inspirational to think of. ...My head hurts.  |
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Post by LOKFanatiK on Nov 10, 2009 15:38:33 GMT
I know, yeah.
Great stuff to talk about though.
So what do you think is[/i] impossible?
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Post by TrustNo1 on Nov 10, 2009 15:39:08 GMT
lol me understanding this stuff! |
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Post by LOKFanatiK on Nov 12, 2009 15:22:19 GMT
lol! Good answer |
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