Why I have the luxury of being philosophic

Philosophy (n.) - The study or science of the truths or principles underlying all knowledge and being(or reality).(the American College Dictionary, © Random House 1969)

φιλοσοφία (Greek; "philosophy") φιλο (philo) = friend, σοφo (sopho) = wise; "friend of wisdom"

I have the free indulgence of investigating the truth of reality merely because it is not necessary for me to struggle to exist nor are my children starving.

The vast majority of us needlessly delegate the responsibility of investigation to others, accept without further investigation what those others dictate, and call the results "religion."

en Français:

J'ai l'indulgence libre d'étudier la vérité de la réalité simplement parce qu'il n'est pas que je lutte pour exister ni sont mon mourir de faim d'enfants.

La grande majorité de nous inutilement délégué la responsabilité de la recherche à d'autres, acceptent sans davantage de recherche ce que ces autres dictent, et appellent les résultats "religion."

en Español:

Tengo la indulgencia libre de investigar la verdad de la realidad simplemente porque no es necesario que lucho para existir ni muriendo de hambre están mis niños.

La mayoría extensa de nosotros innecesario delegamos la responsabilidad de la investigación a otras,aceptamos sin la investigación adicional lo que dictan esos otras, y llamamos los resultados "religión."

Why we can't predict the future

The future is a mental construct of creatures who believe in and observe cause and effect. We can never know what is going to happen in the future simply because the future is a mental construct and does not exist in the universe, Einsteinian calculations notwithstanding. One can think what might happen, one can hope that something will happen, one can dread what is sure to happen, one can consider all that could happen, but until something happens, the future does not exist except in someone's mind. Of course, when something happens, it is no longer the future but the present.

Consider all the billions upon billions of minds on the planet. There must be an equal number of futures enclosed in those minds, because each of us pictures existence in a unique way. Chance says that some things prognosticated will "come true" simply because there are enough ideas and enough occurrences that some of them are bound to intersect. Someone can guess and be right, but no one can know what will happen because knowledge does not apply here.