# Questions Only thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667 "2020-06-22T15:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 235
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4682 "2022-11-17T19:01:43Z")
Well, he wasn’t _stating_ it as necessarily true, was he? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4683 "2022-11-18T04:44:29Z")
Don’t we, in factuality, know, beyond all debate, what a cat’s truth is? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4684 "2022-11-18T10:30:25Z")
Well, wouldn’t you agree that the world of a cat is a fairly simple one? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4685 "2022-11-18T14:59:23Z")
Mostly sleeping, eating, peeing, pooping, shedding, playing and looking adorable, wouldn’t you say? That’s got to be, what, 95% of your typical cat’s life, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4686 "2022-11-18T15:34:13Z")
Yes, but what qualifies any of us to make definitive conclusions about the “world of cats”? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4687 "2022-11-18T18:17:28Z")
Can’t we make assumptions based on our observations? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4688 "2022-11-18T18:28:31Z")
What better way could there be? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4689 "2022-11-19T02:00:38Z")
Don’t you think that with our substantial collective wisdom we could make definitive conclusions about anything? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4690 "2022-11-20T03:19:17Z")
As long as this thread has gone on, and you really believe that? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4691 "2022-11-20T03:31:36Z")
Do I detect a note of incredulity? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4692 "2022-11-20T04:00:09Z")
You’re not _surprised,_ are you? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4693 "2022-11-25T03:50:20Z")
Why am I not surprised? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4694 "2022-11-25T04:43:52Z")
There’s really no reason to be, is there? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4695 "2022-11-25T04:52:15Z")
Do you mean a good reason, or any reason at all? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4696 "2022-11-25T17:25:55Z")
The latter, I guess? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4697 "2022-11-25T17:55:48Z")
Who really needs a reason? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4698 "2022-11-25T18:02:43Z")
What are you, a nihilist? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4699 "2022-11-25T18:06:08Z")
What’s wrong with Nietzsche? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4700 "2022-11-25T19:11:35Z")
Who said anything about _that_ guy? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4701 "2022-11-25T19:14:31Z")
Well then, can we talk about Orson Bean? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=236)