# End of 101 philosophy questions! Time to finish up my book on critical thinking and creativity.

# Q101: What is philosophy anyway?

# Q100: Is there progress in philosophy?

# Q99: Can we be certain of anything?

# Q98: Would you choose to live in a computer simulation if it will make you a lot happier?

# Q97: If we live in a computer simulation, does it make a difference to the meaning of life?

# Q96: How do you know you are not dreaming right now?

# Q95: "This sentence is false." Is it true or false?

# Q94: Do random events have no causes?

# Q93: Does every event have a cause?

# Q92: Are there parallel universes?

# Q91: Do you become younger if you go back in time?

# Q90: If you go back in time and teach young Einstein relativity theory, where does the idea
come from?

# Q89: If you can travel back in time, can you kill your earlier self?

# Q88: Is time travel possible?

# Q87: Can something be at two places at the same time?

# Q86: Can time form a loop?

# Q85: Does time flow?

# Q84: What is time?

# Q83: Why is there something rather than nothing?

# Q82: Are numbers like fictional characters?

# Q81: What are numbers and do they really exist?

# Q80: What is the point of reincarnation if you know nothing about your past life?

# Q79: Is life meaningless if we can live forever?

# Q78: Should we fear death?

# Q77: Why should we respect the dead?

# Q76: Is it wrong to grow brain dead babies to harvest their organs?

# Q75: Should organ donors be financially compensated?

# Q74: Should organ donation be made compulsory?

# Q73: Should we kill coma patients on life support to provide more resources to others?

# Q72: Should we let people commit suicide when they are terminally ill?

# Q71: If meat can be grown using stem cells, is there any reason not to eat meat?

# Q70: If super-intelligent aliens want to eat humans, are they wrong?

# Q69: If we eat chickens, why not dogs, dolphins, or babies?

# Q68: Do animals have rights?

# Q67: What about fish, oysters and tomatoes?

# Q66: Can animals reason?

# Q65: Why do we dream?

# Q64: Do we think with language or pictures?

# Q63: How can we think about things that do not exist?

# Q62: What is a person? Is it the mind, or the body?

# Q61: Are you the same person you were ten years ago? ten days ago?

# Q60: Is race a biological category or a social construct?

# Q59: Is nuclear deterrence unethical?

# Q58: Is the preservation of culture a good reason to limit immigration?

# Q57: Should people have the right to live in any country they wish?

# Q56: Can wars ever be just?

# Q55: Is colonialism the same as imperialism?

# Q54: Is patriotism irrational?

# Q53: What is wrong, if anything, about protectionism?

# Q52: Is there a difference between free trade and fair trade?

# Q51: When should governments intervene in the market?

# Q50: Is democracy suitable for all countries?

# Q49: Should people who pay more taxes get more votes?

# Q48: Is democracy the same as decision by the majority?

# Q47: Why think there are universal human rights?

# Q46: Are people free to sell themselves into slavery?

# Q45: How much freedom should people have?

# Q44: What is wrong with having sex with animals?

# Q43: Is there such a thing as sexual perversion?

# Q42: Should prostitution be made legal?

# Q41: Why ban drugs and not alcohol or trans-fat?

# Q40: Should governments penalize people for unhealthy lifestyles?

# Q39: Is it the main purpose of law to promote morality?

# Q38: When is it ok, if ever, to disobey the law?

# Q37: Is it alright to torture terrorists to extract information?

# Q36: Why do we punish people?

# Q35: If someone is drowning and you refuse to help, are you responsible for his death?

# Q34: Is it wrong to spend money on expensive food when people are dying of hunger?

# Q33: Can food be art?

# Q32: Is there progress in art?

# Q31: What is art?

# Q30: What is friendship and why do we need it?

# Q29: What is wrong with incest?

# Q28: Is it wrong to have children, if you don't know whether they want to be born?

# Q27: Does life begin at conception, or does it begin with brain activity?

# Q26: Is abortion ever permissible?

# Q25: Is it objectively wrong to torture innocent babies just for fun?

# Q24: Is morality relative?

# QQ23: Can there be morality without God?

# Q22: Can there be two almighty Gods?

# Q21: Can God create a stone so heavy he cannot lift?

# Q20: If God exists, why is there so much evil in the world?

# Q19: Does God exist?

# Q18: If God knows what you will do tomorrow, do you still have freewill?

# Q17: If there is no freewill, why punish people?

# Q16: Does freewill really exist?

# Q15: Is it always better to have more choices? No. Cognitive oscillation.

# Q14: Is happiness the most important purpose in life?

# Q13: What is the meaning of life? There is no grand meaning to life that fits all people
everywhere for every season and historical age.

# Q12: Which would you rather be - an unhappy human being or a happy dog?

# Q11: Are emotions irrational? No. They simply are. Reason cannot be split between thoughts
and emotions. Irrationality is emotions (or feelings) influencing thoughts in an irrational direction.

# Q10: How is love different from passion or sexual desire?

# Q9: Is love just a feeling?

# Q8: What is an emotion? A physiological reaction which motivates action.

# Q7: When you have a toothache, is the pain in your mouth or in your brain?

# Q6: Can we really know what it feels like to be a bat?

# Q5: What is consciousness?

# Q4: Is it possible that we live in a computer simulation?

# Q3: Can computers be creative?

# Q2: Can computers think? Why or why not? (software programs = ability to do tasks) A
computer needs a network or discs to upgrade its software programs, while the brain is faced with
obstacles in the environment which it must learn to overcome and in effect upgrades its software
or ability to perform new tasks. A brain has self-autonomy.

# Q1: Is the mind the same as the brain? If not, explain. The mind, as separate from the brain and
nervous system, is the brain reifying itself. a brain deception.

# 101 philosophical questions to be posted here, hopefully one a day