Test my belief system

[brewer]

Thanks again for all the very interesting questions! It's way deeper than I expected I hope I've addressed all points, if I've missed anything please let me know.

As it happens, the questions have been great and are producing very interesting results

Brewer:

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Thank you! Yes, I mean all life has no inherent, objective purpose. Any purpose can only be assigned by a sentient being. I know what you're saying, certain life forms appear to just do something specific, and human brains have reflex actions and so on. However, this "purpose" is only apparent when we analyse what is going on and apply our notions of cause and effect. We then proclaim that the purpose is to produce such results.

So it's more like we are observing what happens, and then assigning meaning based on that observation. To us, it is meaningful that a certain bacteria always does this and that. The language becomes difficult, because we are always viewing things through our own filters. I suppose it's a matter of defining exactly what I mean by "purpose" in this context. I mean achieving something which objectively amounts to more than just performing the actions themselves. This "something more" is subjectively added by the importance to any particular observer. From the point of view of our entire reality, it's all just stuff moving about. Maybe "meaning" would have been a better word. Purpose and meaning are concepts granted only by thinking agents, and as such are subjective and not inherent properties.

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Works for me. Thanks Rob!