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by arkh 2505 days ago
To what end?

If we accept the heat death of the universe and the fact nothing can go faster than light everything is bound to disappear. Trying to better Earth based life is useless. Then why bother trying to attain something higher? Just maximize your own pleasure until your conscience disappear. Suicide by psychedelic use is the only "hypersane" response.
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JackFr 2505 days ago
The unvoiced assumption here is that the universe is fundamentally knowable through rational materialism.

Among the many things we've learned from science is that there are real phenomena that we cannot perceive. We use microscopes, telescopes, x-ray machines and other sensors of all kinds which create simulacra of the real phenomena which we can perceive.

Extend the analogy to our brains -- consider that there are literally thoughts we cannot think. Our brains tells us there are no thoughts we can't think, but our brains may be liars. Is there a way for our brains to grasp the literally incomprehensible?

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52-6F-62 2504 days ago
It’s not hard philosophy but I recommend Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
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JackFr 2505 days ago
“The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.” - Camus
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mensetmanusman 2505 days ago
Not everyone comes to this conclusion, one line of reasoning is: because there shouldn’t be a meaningless universe in the first place, it must actually have meaning.
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htek 2505 days ago
The belief that the universe must have a purpose is a trap. It leads you down a particular line of reasoning that ends with you believing in a creator god (or gods), or that the universe itself is divine. You would likely also reason that you have a purpose in the universe that dictates your actions (adherence to religious dogma or doctrine). All of this is baseless and rationalized without objective evidence. Your only certain "purpose" in life is that which you, yourself make.
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mensetmanusman 2502 days ago
Yes, and everyone is free to make their purpose and choose that the universe does have meaning...
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dsego 2504 days ago
What is the purpose of this meaning for me, for my life right now? If not, than I shall not care about it. The universe can go f* itself.
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