Compared to nothing
It is not always true that
Something is better

15 responses to “A Haiku That May Be Attempting Philosophy Or Could Just Be Expressing Self-Doubt”

  1. Perhaps attempting
    Philosophical self-doubt
    Is a talent, James

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    1. Perhaps, but by its very nature, it’s a talent that no-one can ever be sure they possess.

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  2. Something of nothing?

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    1. Quite literally yes

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  3. Nothing is something
    No nothing is also something
    Something is something

    Therefore, all roads lead to something even the road to nowhere.

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    1. Well that is something

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      1. It was nothing really.

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    2. I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere, or was it nowhere?

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  4. A view about Creation perhaps – although not the official line.

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    1. I think you given me far too much credit

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      1. Seems appropriate – credit being money made as it were out of nothing … 🙂

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  5. I was definitely able to relate to the illustration. 😊 I got my lowest mark on my university transcript in a philosophy course. I’m incredibly shallow, but I’m at peace with it.

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    1. If I have any hidden depths then they are very well hidden indeed

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      1. I think shallow people probably have more fun. No doubt it’s related to the whole “ignorance is bliss” concept.

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