Top ten 'unanswerable' questions....

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 08:48

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8012412/Top-ten-unanswerable-questions.html

Top 10 unanswerable questions of the last decade:

1 What is the meaning of life?

2 Is there a God?

3 Do blondes have more fun?

4 What is the best way to lose weight?

5 Is there anybody out there?

6 Who is the most famous person in the world?

7 What is love?

8 What is the secret to happiness?

9 Did Tony Soprano die?

10 How long will I live?

So which ones do you think you can answer?

Are there other 'unanswerable' questions that deserve a place in the top ten?

Who the hell is Tony Soprano?

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 09:21

Theophany said:
Meaning of life:

life
[lahyf] –noun
1. The condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
2. The sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment.

Why do people think this is such a difficult question?

That is the definition of life, not the meaning of life.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 09:31

Theophany said:
def·i·ni·tion
[def-uh-nish-uhn] –noun
1. the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, etc.

The question wasn't, What is the meaning of the word Life? now was it.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 09:34

DirtyJester said:
... wonder if the missus is up yet ?

I wonder where I can get a burger?

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 09:42

sbi5ar said:
In evolutionary terms... The Egg came first

And it is damned lucky no-one thought of the frying pan first.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 10:01

sbi5ar said:
Putting this in better terms...

Dinosaurs laid eggs... chickens hadn't evolved until later on... done

Chickens are dinosaurs, essentially.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 10:13

sbi5ar said:
Removing dinosaurs as a broad term...

Velociraptors laid eggs... They were around before chickens... Regardless of whether chickens descended from velociraptors or whoever... They are a different species, but the egg concept came first!

I agree with you, thankfully the concept of a full English didn't come first otherwise they would be in trouble.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 10:13

Capn' $qu!ff said:
How can I Live without a brain?

You seem to be getting along just fine.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 10:36

Capn' $qu!ff said:
Yes but I still don't see how by all rights I should be dead or at the very least a vegetable!

Who's to say you are not the latter and that all your experience is not simply your mind in it's death throes.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 10:40

Capn' $qu!ff said:
Even in it's death throes I doubt even my warped mind could conjure up anything as depraved as this forum and It's contents!

You are experiencing Perdition....

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 10:49

Capn' $qu!ff said:
Can't be Perdition would be less nasty!

depends on the level. Wait till you get to the level where the Trolls are personified.... :eek:

Groen in the flesh..... :eek:

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 11:09

Podmonkey said:
Not as much of an ego as the 'scientists' who got paid to research a pointless question. Its hardly reasonable too 'this is a chicken egg. only chickens lay chicken eggs. hence a checken laid it first' xD I jest, but surely they have better things to do with their time.... maybe not.

Not necessarily true. It is a Chicken Egg because there is a chicken inside it. It could have been created any number of ways, including a mutation from another animal.

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 11:19

Weebull said:
This should be the eleventh question

Hey people, in my defence I haven't watched the Sopranos and there was not much TV in Iraq, Africa and Afghanistan....

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 11:21

stulid said:
because thats the colour of the spectrum that the object/item/etc absorbs.

But why is Red called Red, why is a Horse, a Horse and not a Chicken...

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 11:23

Podmonkey said:
Well other animals lay eggs, infact there have been egg laying creatures for millions of years so its not just chickens. They may lay that certain type of egg but it doesnt mean they had to have been born from that certain type of egg. Dinosaur -> dino egg -> dino-chicken -> dino-chicken egg -> chicken (p.s. there may have been a few extra steps than this....)

Dino-Chicken.....pics or it didn't happen. :cool:

Castiel · 20 Sep 2010 at 11:26

Podmonkey said:
Utterly undeniable proof....

Now everyone in the office meeting thinks I'm nuts for laughing at a "spreadsheet"....