Some philosophers agree with biologists on this one.
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Well, now I should take this meme down. You've given me a counterpoint so complete I have no retort. I will now go grab my towel.
If you suck on the end it's lemon flavored.
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asking for a friend I see
Somewhere in your area is a doorway. Please walk through that, and do not return. Thank you.
The meaning of life is very simple: life has no meaning unless you create meaning. What that meaning is is going to differ from person to person.
The meaning I give to my life is to do everything I can to further human knowledge and to learn as much as possible myself.
For other people, it could be exploring the world, finding inner peace, helping as many people as possible, gaining power/money by any means necessary, etc.
All valid, some more well-intentioned than others. IMO if your goal is to do good by yourself and/or to others without actively seeking to hurt others, there isn't really a wrong answer.
This was just meant to be something funny to make people chuckle and then continue on with their day. I find my meaning in being an existential jester. To laugh at everything. May I be from joy or mockery or grim determination. So much so that I've told my wife that if she feels the need to give me a memorial plaque after my death it can only have one of two quotes on it. The first is attributed to Shakespeare's Marc Anthony: "Have I played the part well? Then applaud, as I exit." Or from Darkest Dungeon: "He will be laughing still, in the end."
Exactly. If there is a reason for our conscious existence, it is to observe and imbue with meaning. Otherwise the world just is.
yes. agreed. also, ugh. i'll guarantee you whoever downvoted your post is some fucking theist.
but yes. 100% agreed. and once people realize this, it comes with the understanding that there is no objectively true answer. to each their own.
BUT, here's where we get into the freewill part of giving individual meaning to life - if you decide that your meaning is to extract your own pleasure at the misfortune of others, then i am going to decide to end your life. AND... when enough people join together to stop those that would create suffering for others, that's when humanity is on its way to my version of a glorious moral union. a moral union not based on some book of ancient goat herders but on a democratic agreement about what we want the world to be like.
yes. agreed. also, ugh. i'll guarantee you whoever downvoted your post is some fucking theist.
Nah, just a pretentious person who's calling other people pretentious because they don't like who they are as a person and they take it out on others who do. No need to feed the troll.
The last point is just the paradox of tolerance. I don't tolerate intolerance, although I am also a strictly non-violent person except for self defense. What does work is public pressure/shame, and imprisonment in the case that they commit crimes.
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Here is to existential nihilism. That one set me free because it’s not centered on obligation toward other people aka living my false self. My meaning is inner peace by self actualization.
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I think almost everybody who isn't a philosopher is with the biologists.
Personally I feel like it is a dumb question. Life gives you meaning. By that I mean life enables the creation of symbolic truths. And what enables life is a different question.
Funny enough, without life, your statement has no meaning.
Physicists: the meaning of life is to increase entropy. Global warming let'sssss goooll
That's the meaning of the universe and everything, not specifically life. Easy mistake to make.
It's not meaning. It's just a mechanism. It's the canvas to what we do and ascribe meaning to.
Then again, our "meaning" might simply be a mechanism to another system
Objectively: It's entropy, life is part of the process for dismantling the universe.
Subjectively: It's whatever you like. Personally I find a lot of comfort in the objective view.
Getting your finger bitten off by a person who is wearing a lot of make-up? Pls explain, I'm not a biologist. /j
Yes, you nailed it. You really fingered the issue.
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