RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 2, 2014 at 8:20 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2014 at 8:33 pm by pocaracas.)
I haven't read the whole thread, but I guess no one has said this, so here goes! :p
And, as everything that's overdone... it's done wrong.
Meaning and purpose are two very complex mental states... while the deterministic post in our brains deal with simple things. Of course, the complex ones end up as deterministic, but they depend on such a complex network of processes that, for all intents and purposes, we make our own meaning and purpose and intentions.
Complexity gives us the illusion of these things... and this illusion provides an evolutionary advantage over the nihilist. so we prefer to remain aware of the illusion, but also aware that it's a useful illusion, so we're not nihilists.
(March 2, 2014 at 12:46 pm)StatCrux Wrote: Alex Rosenberg, (in his book "An atheists guide to reality") at last an honest atheist who admits that ultimately atheism when taken to its logical conclusion leads to lack in intentionality, lack of meaning or purpose in life and nihilism. If only a few more atheists admitted this to the general public we would be a lot better off. The true colours of atheism are coming out.Yes, nihilism is a possible outcome of over thinking atheism...
And, as everything that's overdone... it's done wrong.
Meaning and purpose are two very complex mental states... while the deterministic post in our brains deal with simple things. Of course, the complex ones end up as deterministic, but they depend on such a complex network of processes that, for all intents and purposes, we make our own meaning and purpose and intentions.
Complexity gives us the illusion of these things... and this illusion provides an evolutionary advantage over the nihilist. so we prefer to remain aware of the illusion, but also aware that it's a useful illusion, so we're not nihilists.
