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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just, like, your opinion, man.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Surely it is those who find their own lives essentially meaningless who most strive to impose meaning on the Universe as a way of making up for the personal lack."

--Isaac Asimov

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do agree with that quote, but I've found, if you're surrounded by religious folks, it can feel like life is supposed to have some 'higher' meaning. And then it is easy to "find your own life essentially meaningless" in comparison.

But yes, the solution isn't to impose meaning on the universe. The solution is that since you don't believe in religion, you literally don't believe in that kind of 'higher' either.
If you put effort into whatever is your own personal life meaning, then in your own opinion, it should not be hard to have a more meaningful life than those who largely derive their personal meaning from their 'higher' meaning.