What "if"?

[Cactus Jack]

What if there was no word "if"?
What would the world be like?

 

[ebia]

What if there was no word "if"? What would the world be like?

We would need to create it.

 

[Nithavela]

We would use the word "when".

 

[Ana the Ist]

What if there was no word "if"?
What would the world be like?

The same I imagine. We'd create another word for it.

 

[Desk trauma]

The same I imagine. We'd create another word for it.

That, or use an equivalent from another language.

 

[Lik3]

That is a good question. Would the world be a better place?

 

[2PhiloVoid]

What if there was no word "if"?
What would the world be like?

...IF there were no 'if' in the world, THEN there would likely be a lot more dead people. We are very fortunate to have brains that can develop hypothetical thoughts.

 

[ebia]

...IF there were no 'if' in the world, THEN there would likely be a lot more dead people. We are very fortunate to have brains that can develop hypothetical thoughts.

Indeed. Conditional thought is essential to anything but the most primative thinking.

 

[Cactus Jack]

We would need to create it.

No. In this scenario it cannot be made. It simply does not exist.

 

[Robban]

No. In this scenario it cannot be made. It simply does not exist.

Then the King would be Queen.

 

[Beechwell]

then the world would be like it was before man invented tools