30 impossible questions that will make you doubt

Reality is always several steps ahead of our knowledge. There is much we do not know.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom. This phrase, written by René Descartes, indicates a fundamental fact. We need to doubt things in order to investigate, to seek knowledge. Human beings have asked themselves and others numerous questions throughout their history, some transcendental and others much more prosaic and everyday.

But many of these questions do not find or have not found a solution, or even if they have, they require a lot of research and reflection. That is why in this article I have collected a series of impossible questions and30 impossible questions that will make you doubt.

• Reality is always several steps ahead of our knowledge. There is much we do not know.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom. This phrase, written by René Descartes, indicates a fundamental fact. We need to doubt things in order to investigate, to seek knowledge. Human beings have asked themselves and others numerous questions throughout their history, some transcendental and others much more prosaic and everyday.

But many of these questions do not find or have not found a solution, or even if they have, they require a lot of research and reflection. That is why in this article I have collected

a series of questions that are impossible and/or difficult to answer for most of us.

30 impossible questions

Below is a short list of impossible questions that will make you doubt, or for which there is no clear answer.

1. Can we choose? Freedom is one of the most valued concepts, and a great majority of people feel free and capable of making their own life, taking their own decisions. But is this really so? **Are we really free? **?

Our behavior is mediated and modulated by different aspects, such as our expectations, social desirability, norms and laws... or even something as simple as our biology can make us unable to do exactly what we want how and when we want. Furthermore, we should ask ourselves what freedom really is, and distinguish this concept from the fact of doing whatever we want without further ado.

2. Does the world really exist?

Although it may seem a strange question, and for some it may even seem stupid, the truth is that there is no adequate way to answer it. The senses tell us yes, but how can we know that everything we see, feel, learn and experience, all the people we meet and the way the world seems to work are not just an elaboration of our minds?

an elaboration of our mind 3. Can we be objective?This is a complicated question. We can try to abstract and put aside our beliefs and prejudices, but is total objectivity really possible? After all, our own conception of the world is governed by the evaluations we make of it, and our beliefs, values and expectations alter not only what we think of a particular phenomenon but even how we perceive it, at a level outside our consciousness.

4. Is a psychopath born or made?

The term psychopath could be replaced by any other term. While we know that in all that we are, there is a combination of Biological and environmental factors. a combination of biological and environmental factorsThe question is to determine whether the core of what the subject is is genetically predetermined or is elaborated with experience. For example, in the case of the psychopath it is considered that a large part of his way of being is explained by biological elements (the sociopath being the one who acts in a similar way due to life experiences).

5. How was life formed?

We know that we are made of matter, just like everything else. But what makes us alive is a mystery. is a mystery. We can guess at the conditions under which life formed on our planet (and even reproduce those conditions to generate some living cells), but not exactly what caused it to arise and organize itself in a certain way. And this knowledge is limited to how it arose here, there being no clear explanation for the existence of molecules and amino acids in elements such as comets and asteroids.

• 6. Are there good and evil?

Often acts and situations are identified as good or bad, being these words constructs elaborated by the human being to value what happens and how it affects oneself or others. However, morality is subjective: although almost all people have some

7. How can we be happy?

Almost everyone wants to be happy. However, when we ask ourselves how we can be happy we are probably not going to be able to give ourselves a valid answer, or at least one that is valid for us and for the rest of the world. Well-being and happiness are something that can depend on a wide variety of variables, and these variables will change over time.and these variables will change greatly for each person.

8. How did the Universe arise?

The origin of the Universe is still unknown today, and there are numerous theories and attempts to explain it. Although today the Big Bang theory is one of the

the Big Bang theory is one of the most scientifically accepted theories.

The truth is that it is still a theory that cannot be fully demonstrated. In fact, some scientists argue that this theory is true, that it existed in the previous moments if it did or how it happened. 9. What is death?A question that many would answer with "the fact of losing one's life", or from a religious perspective as "the passage to another life/reality/reincarnation". But this does not really define what it is or what it entails.

10. Is there life beyond death?

Directly derived from the previous one, whether or not there is something beyond death is something we can only assume.

is something we can only surmise or theorize

or theorize until we experience it for ourselves. 11. Why do we dream?The ability to dream is unique, appearing in humans as well as in other animal species. But why do we do it? Do our dreams make any sense? These are questions that have generated multiple theories (psychoanalytical, cognitive, etc.) but for which no definitive experience has been found.

• 12. What and who am I?

This is a profound question that does not have an easy answer. Most people answer by indicating their characteristics and their way of being. But this does not answer the question: What am I?

What does it mean to be me?

What, if anything, makes me different from my surroundings?

14. Are there limits?

Most people consider that there are things they are capable of doing, things that with training they would be able to do, and things that are not possible.

things that are not possible.

. But do limits really exist, or have we just not yet found a way to break them? In the past, it was not believed that man could fly, travel to space or cure certain diseases, but this has been achieved.15. Is intelligence a single capacity or is it the union of several independent abilities?

Intelligence is an abstract construct whose definition is, even today, complex and highly debated. There are several models that propose a single intelligence, others that there is a general ability and then specific abilities more or less hierarchical.

16. Is the world fair?/Is there karma?

The idea of the existence of a cosmic justice

that in the end everyone gets what he or she deserves, is common among a large number of people. There are also those who believe just the opposite, or even that justice is nothing more than a concept that does not occur in nature. 17. Can there be other forms of life based on non-carbon elements?The scientific community has no answer to this question. It is possible to speculate, but all life known so far is carbon-based.

18. Is there intelligent life on other planets?

Another one of those impossible questions based on the threshold of the unknown. It is difficult to believe that we are alone in the universe, but no evidence has been found.

19. Is mathematics totally objective?

We have often heard that mathematics is the only totally objective science. However, demonstrations about the objectivity of something are often based on mathematics, which prevents us from demonstrating the objectivity of the that proving the objectivity of the element we use to observe objectivity is fallacious..

to observe objectivity is fallacious. They are also based on logic, a logic that has been conceptualized by human beings and as such is subject to subjectivity.

20. What are antimatter and dark energy?

These concepts refer to elements that are deduced from the behavior of matter and energy, but it is still unknown what exactly they are and they are still

have not been observed directly21. Does the universe have a beginning and an end?

We know that the universe existed long before the first human beings came into the world. However, we do not know how it originated (although the Big Bang theory is the most popular) if it had an origin, or if at some point it will end (although it is speculated that it will eventually finish expanding and then start contracting due to the attraction of black holes.

22. What is behind a black hole?

A great mystery

to which no one can give an answer, since not even light is able to escape from its interior. 23. What is time?Apart from defining it as a physical dimension, establishing exactly what time is is not as simple as it seems.

• 24. To what extent does the environment modify gene expression?

We know that the genes we possess have the basic information for different characteristics, which may or may not be expressed depending on the environment.

25. Can we know exactly how long we will live?

To date, we cannot give an answer to this question. We can give an approximate prognosis based on the average life expectancy. But we do not know if we will suffer diseases or have some kind of accident at some point.

26. Is there such a thing as chance?

Chance and probability are strange concepts, which basically propose that things can happen without a reason for it,

in a random and unpredictable way.

But do they really exist or are we dealing with something that we simply do not yet know how to predict? 27. Can the sum of infinite numbers give a concrete result?.

• This question does have an answer, and although it may be surprising to most people, it is affirmative. It is the number e or Euler's number.

28. Where is consciousness located?

Although we know that it is located in the brain and it is suspected to be linked to the frontal lobe, we still do not know where exactly it is located or whether it is a property that arises from the global activity of the brain.

that arises from the global activity of the encephalon.