be metaphysical
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But historically, it has sometimes been argued to be metaphysical because measuring the existence of something requires interacting with it, and by definition, we cannot receive signals from beyond our event horizon.
From Scientific American • Jan. 1, 2023
Nick Flynn: Let me think—"so strange / to imagine . . ." I mean it gets very, you know, more than most of my poems, it gets very—would that be metaphysical, or—?
From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2018
The vignettes can be metaphysical or as simple as a curious cat peering into a number 4.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Oh, friend, once I, too, could be metaphysical!
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
To cease to be metaphysical would be to cease to be rational, to have no higher or wider conceptions than those of a dog.
From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by Sullivan, W. R. Washington