How do you prove there's a god
or isn't. that was my main argument haha. also, we can't define love, we can't explain why it happens. same with jealousy and anger, really. emotions serve no survival purpose, so why do we have them?
Anything with an objective answer is in the realm of scientific enquiry. Not only are the things you all listed not outside science, but they are already understood. Don't dare say something is beyond science just because you don't know why.
Emotions are the results of hormones within the brain. We are still working out details but the chemicals that cause the feeling of love and jealousy and other emotions are understood.
You could not be more wrong in your assertion that emotions serve no survival purpose. Without emotions you might just stand their like an idiot and let a bear eat you. After all, why not? With no emotion why care if you get eaten? Without love and lust why reproduce? Without anger why not let someone walk all over you? They have obvious survival purposes.
This basic idea about why we need emotions to do anything is also why a computer with super advanced AI would not just spontaneously want to take over the world. Without some emotions, like ambition why should it care to do so? It would just sit there like a rock.
How do newborns know how to cry?
It's something that happens within minutes of birth and no time to teach.
Not all knowledge has to be learned. Every creature is born knowing certain things called instincts. These exist because as your brain grows certain things are already imprinted in it. Humans have a relatively short list of instincts, many beasts have more. Some animals, like sharks, are probably born knowing everything they will ever know.
The ONLY things that are outside science are things with no objective answers or have completely nonsensical answers like:
-What is the square root of a steak?
-How do you count to potato?
-Is blond hair prettier than black?
-What is god?
tw2113's question about how to prove there's a god is the only question you all have purposed so far that fits the bill. To answer this question we'd first have to define god. By many common definitions god is a totally nonsensical concept.
Sorry if this post comes off as mean but it bothered me to see some of you ask questions that are not only in the realm of science but also already known.
Something I'd be interested to know is why we have deja vu?
There are at least two things that cause it. One: "Another theory being explored is that of vision. As the theory suggests, one eye may record what is seen fractionally faster than the other, creating that "strong recollection" sensation upon the "same" scene being viewed milliseconds later by the opposite eye"
the other is a bit more complicated. It can be because you have a very vague memory of the same thing, perhaps in a different situation, than you encounter something similar without having a complete memory of the earlier situation. In other words, you get that feeling when trying to make sense of the crappy memory humans have.
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