(December 31, 2013 at 3:54 pm)Get me Rex Kramer! Wrote: The idea that the universe is in us is breathtaking when you first hear it. The only issue I have is that it makes no sense of specifically human life to say that we are part of a universal scheme, when that universal scheme is utterly purposeless. The universe is definitely beautiful and worth considering more and more the more images and ideas we can get of it. However, it's just too inhuman out there to really think there's anything 'about us' in the sense of life and death, or in a socially or politically relevant sense. The universe doesn't tell you which way to vote, but it could convvince you never to act, becuase life is zero-sum. I hope this makes some kind of sense. I do get wobbly-kneed at the video, but for the subjectivity of human life what is there on offer?Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that what you are talking about is your own desire for meaning in the universe. That you cannot imagine or accept that life and death are meaningless does not change whether or not they are.
The universe does not tell me how to vote (thankfully), and it cannot "convince me never to act". I believe the universe is incapable of caring whether or not I vote or act in any way.
I disagree that life is zero sum. Any individual life, yes, especially if you convince yourself not to act or interact with others. Collectively, life is clearly non-zero sum. It can build upon itself, resulting in culture which transcends every individual life upon which it depends.
