(December 30, 2016 at 4:33 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:Lek Wrote:Do you believe that cockroaches have no purpose?
Like everything else, their purpose is to survive. If they were designed with humans in mind, they would be less 'pesty' and more things would think they taste like pork chops.
Our human language is a double edge sword. Scientific language is quite different in context than when a myth lover hears the same word.
"Purpose" is such a loaded word, just like "theory" is heard by theists to mean "mere guess".
Life in terms of evolution yes, the "goal" is to continue. But in cosmic time in terms of 13.8 billion years, no.
It unnerves humans to think of their species as pointless but that is what all this is, pointless. Just like while you can explain why tornados happen, the entire universe I like to think of as a giant un-caused non-cognitive weather pattern. We are merely a tiny and temporary outcome in that pattern. A mere blip.
An amazing blip sure, but not an important blip to the universe itself.
Our meaning as a species is here and now and trying to manage and extend our finite ride. It is hardly comforting, but if more humans would understand this and accept it, the world really could focus on progress and have less conflict. Ultimately with all our differences we'd like to think we are different, but we are not.
