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A proposed response to Heidegger's ontological query "Why is there something rather than nothing?" – "And if there were nothing? You'd still be complaining!"

Sidney Morgenbesser

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(September 22, 1921 – August 1, 2004) was an American philosopher, noted for his wit.

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A few weeks before his death, he asked another Columbia philosopher, David Albert, about God. "Why is God making me suffer so much?" he asked. "Just because I don't believe in him?"

Of Hilary Putnam – "He’s a quantum philosopher. I can’t understand him and his position at the same time."

Morgenbesser in response to B.F. Skinner: "Are you telling me it's wrong to anthropomorphize people?" (quoted by Daniel Dennett)

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