# Things we just don't know **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017 "2002-12-16T04:20:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/1 "2002-12-16T04:20:38Z")
No opinions, no debates, just a list of things our species has yet to figure out. I’ll start us off with the big one. Does God exist? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/2 "2002-12-16T04:27:09Z")
Is there life after death? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/3 "2002-12-16T04:27:57Z")
What is self-awareness? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/4 "2002-12-16T04:29:30Z")
How to correlate quantum mechanics with relatavistic physics. I hope I’m saying that right… * * * Do androids dream of electric sheep? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/5 "2002-12-16T04:42:48Z")
Why are some people heterosexual, some homosexual, some either/or, some asexual and others just off the charts? Is there oil or gas under Farmer Brown’s pasture? This velocity of gravity thing… What _does_ she want for Xmas? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/6 "2002-12-16T04:52:10Z")
Where is all the mass in the universe? What makes tape stick? Was Jesus the Son of God? Who shot JFK? Is there such a thing as a magnetic monopole? What is the Theory of Everything? Did Brittany Spears get a boob job? ---
**Author:** ![andy\_fl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@andy\_fl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andy_fl)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/7 "2002-12-16T04:56:19Z")
Is everything knowable ? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/8 "2002-12-16T04:57:32Z")
**Crafter Man** , your first and last Q’s answer each other ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/9 "2002-12-16T05:01:32Z")
Why is there a Universe? Wouldn’t it have been simpler just not to have had anything? ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/10 "2002-12-16T05:07:04Z")
Here something I don’t know … like why do people post questions in GQ that don’ have factual answers but are probably more suited to IMHO? ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/11 "2002-12-16T05:13:33Z")
How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/12 "2002-12-16T05:16:37Z")
Agree this is more of an IMHO or MPSIMS thing. To address the OP, how about: What is the nature of consciousness? Where is the mind? How does the sensation of consciousness derive from the chemical and electrical interactions of neurons? ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/13 "2002-12-16T05:19:42Z")
A humble plea: even though this thread is probably in the wrong forum, I still find it a pretty interesting discussion, so to help the S/N ratio, please refrain from posting the corney and ancient one-liners, like “Why do birds sing” etc. - and the whole parkway/driveway thing (aargh!) and all its related ones that have been discussed ad nauseum. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/14 "2002-12-16T05:27:43Z")
Off to IMHO. **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/15 "2002-12-16T05:46:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\*Here something I don’t know … like why do people post questions in GQ that don’ have factual answers but are probably more suited to IMHO? \*\* There are strictly factual answers to that question. We factually don’t know if God exists, if there is an after life, or intelligent life out in the universe. Unless you know something we don’t. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/16 "2002-12-16T05:56:17Z")
Who killed Ron & Nicole ---
**Author:** ![Somnambulist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Somnambulist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somnambulist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/17 "2002-12-16T06:05:04Z")
Are we alone? What came before the Big Bang? Why can’t we all seem to get along? and… What colour were dinosaurs? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/18 "2002-12-16T06:30:21Z")
Why are there 8 buns to a package and 10 hotdogs to a package? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/19 "2002-12-16T06:30:40Z")
Were there universes before this particular universe? Is there life on other planets? Does at least one of the world’s religions have it right? Or is everyone wrong? Will we ever find out The Truth? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/20 "2002-12-16T10:35:45Z")
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