The meaning of it all...?
August 30, 2014 at 9:04 am
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2014 at 9:08 am by Baqal.)
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The meaning of it all...?
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I agree.
Bollocks like "There must be some meaning to it all" or "There must be something greater" makes people sound like idiots if they don't qualify it with some actual reason. 
I think that we make our own meaning and purpose. It doesn't have to be 'true' in the sense of having some greater meaning. Our brains are wired to accept lots of things that aren't true and defend them bitterly, even when we logically understand that they're false (example: phobias). If you can replace some of the unproductive ideas in your subconscious with productive ones, then all the better. You can enjoy life more and leave a worthwhile legacy for whoever is still here, regardless of what it means in the greater scheme of things.
I enjoy life because I have always convinced myself that it is there to be enjoyed. That may be shallow or facile, but it doesn't dampen my enjoyment one bit. How many people actively seek to be disillusioned with life, or determined not to enjoy it?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould  RE: The meaning of it all...?
August 30, 2014 at 9:42 am
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2014 at 10:02 am by Chad32.)
The meaning of life is a personal question that only you can answer. The meaning of my life is different from other people's. I know this question is meant to be deep, philosophical, and possibly unanswerable, but it's always been a simple question to me. The only problem is when people think there's some universal meaning that pertains to everyone.
From an evolutionary point of view the meaning is to stay alive until you've passed your genes on to the next generation.
From an individual point of view the best you can do is survive, hopefully mostly intact, and enjoy yoiur life in whatever way you can while spreading sweetness and light, and taking care of the planet for the next generation. I really don't think there is any higher meaning than that. We're just animals, rising above being animals. 
Good responses so far, I'm looking forward to more. Can someone give me an idea on what to animate? Bored.
I believe it was Carl Sagan who noted humanity is how the universe can come to know itself.
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