Is It Possible to "Make A Difference?"

[IQ89]

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Is it possible not to make a difference?

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I think I understand what you're saying. But, for instance, having an environmental impact by our mere existance isn't the same thing as someone aspiring to make a difference in the world.

[MaxWeiss]

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actually given the research we have done the big bang has no indication that the universe will ever end,

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I thought that if there is enough 'Dark Matter,' then the universe can stop & reverse direction, which would end with The Big Crunch?

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I heard just recently that we found out that given the amount of dark matter there must be (for everything to be how we think it is) that it's not enough, and the universe will continue expanding.

[IQ89]

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I thought that if there is enough 'Dark Matter,' then the universe can stop & reverse direction, which would end with The Big Crunch?

[/ QUOTE ] I heard just recently that we found out that given the amount of dark matter there must be (for everything to be how we think it is) that it's not enough, and the universe will continue expanding.

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[bocablkr]

Depending on how you define 'difference' almost everyone makes a difference. It is usually just a matter of degree.

[IQ89]

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Depending on how you define 'difference'

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I find the majority of people fall into two camps when it comes to this topic:

1) Those who don't believe it's possible to make a difference, therefore they find it pointless to try and define it.

2) Those who see it as being so self evident that a person can make a difference, so obvious, that there's really no point in going to the trouble of defining even a minimum requirement. [chezlaw being the exception so far in this thread]