RE: A Conscious Universe
February 4, 2015 at 2:26 pm
(This post was last modified: February 4, 2015 at 2:32 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Fantasy, phantom. I can say that magicians pull rabbits out of hats and not contradict my position that there is no bottomless dimension of rabbits in hats. That my life has meaning, even if these terms are not, strictly speaking, factual. Perhaps there is no meaning, but as a shared experience -or- fantasy, the statement still serves it's purpose. It's not a truth claim, it's an expressive claim....and we're perfectly capable of expressing things which do not hinge on their truth value. If -x- is meaning to you, then I have it (even though I don't accept "meaning" as you've used it).
I tend towards the idea that I'm stuff in motion, that my experiences aren't factual descriptions of reality from a variety of different angles - doesn't change the experience. So even though I don't think that there is a "meaning" to life - if you ask me for one, I'll respond in terms and from within the context the question was asked...because I experience that as well......even though I know my experiences aren't reliable enough to arrive at the sort of truth you're extending to them in your appraisal (course..I don't think that yours are either...so if my response seems silly, you might have to allow for the possibility that it's a silly response to a silly question - what else did you expect?).
I tend towards the idea that I'm stuff in motion, that my experiences aren't factual descriptions of reality from a variety of different angles - doesn't change the experience. So even though I don't think that there is a "meaning" to life - if you ask me for one, I'll respond in terms and from within the context the question was asked...because I experience that as well......even though I know my experiences aren't reliable enough to arrive at the sort of truth you're extending to them in your appraisal (course..I don't think that yours are either...so if my response seems silly, you might have to allow for the possibility that it's a silly response to a silly question - what else did you expect?).
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