Answer My 6 Questions - No Wrong Answers!

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The discussion revolves around a set of six philosophical questions posed to participants, inviting both straightforward and creative responses. The questions explore identity, existence, time, location, state of being, and purpose. The nature of the questions prompts a mix of serious and whimsical answers, reflecting on the philosophical implications of each query.

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  • Some participants express skepticism about the ease of answering the questions, suggesting that they are not as straightforward as they appear.
  • One participant provides a logical set of answers, identifying themselves simply as "me," a "human," and so forth.
  • Another participant humorously answers the questions with a playful tone, indicating a more absurdist approach.
  • Several responses highlight the distinction between "who" and "what," with one participant noting that "who" refers to living entities while "what" pertains to non-living ones.
  • Some participants engage in meta-discussion about the appropriateness of the questions for a philosophy forum, questioning the depth and relevance of the inquiries.
  • Responses vary widely, with some participants adopting a serious tone while others lean into humor or absurdity, reflecting a range of interpretations of the questions.

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There is no consensus on the nature or appropriateness of the questions, with participants divided between those who find them easy and those who see them as complex or trivial. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the philosophical merit of the questions.

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Some participants note that the questions may not align with traditional philosophical inquiry, suggesting a potential mismatch with the forum's guidelines.

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Answer my 6 questions. Short easy answers. There are no wrong answers. You can be as logical or as crazy as you like.

Who are you?
What are you?
When are you?
Where are you?
How are you?
Why are you?
 
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binbots said:
Answer my 6 questions. Short easy answers. There are no wrong answers. You can be as logical or as crazy as you like.

Who are you?
What are you?
When are you?
Where are you?
How are you?
Why are you?



Those questions are anything but easy. What makes you think physicists or philosophers or anyone have access to some fundamental truths?
 
Sorry, this doesn't meet criteria for posting in philosophy. Moving to GD.
 
The questions are very easy and need no thought.

Who are you? me
What are you? human
When are you? now
Where are you? here
How are you? sick
Why are you? I'm human and born here
 
Well I guess you went with the logical route.
 
Sorry. I thought it would be fun. If these are not philosophy questions then I have no idea what philosophy is.
 
binbots said:
Well I guess you went with the logical route.
Logic as opposed to nonsense? Nonsense is even easier.
 
binbots said:
Sorry. I thought it would be fun. If these are not philosophy questions then I have no idea what philosophy is.
Read the posting guidelines for philosophy.
 
Who are you? The Statutory Ape

What are you? The Statutory Ape

When are you? Check post time stamp

Where are you? PF

How are you? Ape-ish

Why are you? Its the law.

Who is your daddy? The guy who had sex with my mother.

What does he do? Well he certainly does not have sex with my mother any more.
 
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Who are you? I am the virtual partner of a real human being.
What are you? I am a PF member.
When are you? Too often.
Where are you? Mostly hanging in the physics sections and GD.
How are you? Poorly tongued, but stubborn and irritating.
Why are you? Science does not answer "why". I already read your next "why" if I dared attempting at an answer.
 
  • #11
Who are you? Someone
What are you? Something
When are you? Sometime
Where are you? Somewhere
How are you? Somehow
Why are you? Why not?
 
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How these two differ:
Who are you?
What are you?

I understand that "Who" refers to living while "What" refers to non living in this context. But, You cannot be multiple entities simultaneously.
 
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binbots said:
Answer my 6 questions. Short easy answers. There are no wrong answers. You can be as logical or as crazy as you like.



Who are you?
"Who" wants to know.

What are you?
I hear the sound of one hand clapping.

When are you?
Not very often.

Where are you?
Voyaging on a life raft through my psyche.

How are you?
There's no alternative.

Why are you?
I hear a mouse spinning.
 
  • #14
binbots said:
Answer my 6 questions. Short easy answers.
There are few short answers here. With no disrespect implied, you're asking a bunch of analytical thinkers to answer what looks like an USWeekly quiz. Philosophy has a fine line between relavant questions and redundant questions. The length of that line is however debatable (ba-da-dut-dum!)
Who are you?
What are you?
When are you?
Where are you?
How are you?
Why are you?
One "short" answer for 1-4: I am either who, what, when or where; I say, anyone but I says, the ultimate truth says, or some combination therin. As for 5 and 6, you'll have to ask the ultimate truth.
Good luck with that.:cool:
 
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What is who?
What is what?
What is when?
What is where?
What is how?
What is why?
 
  • #16
Who are you? The Life of Brian
What are you? The life of brain.
When are you? In the past, for some time now.
Where are you? At home, only in the literal sense.
How are you? As incomplete as the question. Thanks for asking. How are you?
Why are you? I'll most likely tell you tomorrow the same thing I told you today.
 
  • #17
Who are you? A: God
What are you? A: Nothing
When are you? A: All
Where are you? A: Stuck on Earth for now
How are you? A: Ok little stressed but it's my own fault
Why are you? A: Because
 
  • #18
Who? God of course
What? I am my own creation
When? A moment in infinity
Where? anywhere i choose to be
How? I am god, i can do anything
Why? Cause i had nothing better to do
 

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