Dixie - In Memoriam
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So fucking stupid. Someone walking by and bumping the ball isn't a reason WHY, it's the HOW.
You yourself drew the distinction between these two words when you said Hawking can explain HOW the universe came into being but not WHY. Now you are attempting to muddy the language and conflate the two.
There isn't a WHY unless the person threw the ball onto your foot. That gives it a reason and purpose. The ball falling by happenstance doesn't need a reason or purpose to hit your toe. Logic doesn't make the striking of your toe by accident improbable or illogical either.
You don't even know what point you're trying to make. At this point you're resorting to the tactic of trying to confuse words together to spin away from something you said. You clearly said how and why were two different answers. Now you are trying to say they are one in the same.
That means you know you've fucked up.
I think you should go back a few pages and re-read the thread. I'm not conflating anything. The HOW is Gravity, that is HOW the ball got to your foot. WHY is what caused the ball to go into motion. WHO is on FIRST!
The point is, a bowling ball doesn't just arbitrarily move by itself. Happenstance is not an explanation of WHY! It is actually a COP OUT! It is saying, I don't know WHY and I don't care to find out!
If something happens, there is always a reason. Feel free to quote me on that!