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My understanding of the meaning of life


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Any statement you can make about the meaning would contain an implicit value judgement about whatever the meaning is a desirable thing unless there's no meaning, so you have to accept some implicit concept of value before answering the question in that way could possibly be considered true, so really the precipitating idea is whatever is axiomatic in the answer - meaning that you can question the answer similar to this metaphor - "what is the meaning of going to the fridge to drink some milk? to satiate my thirst/hunger and have a tasty tongue time" this implicitly incorporates value judgements that are inherently human and quite possibly personal, same for whatever meaning there is in life.

So you can't determine an objective meaning for life, especially when trying to think as a lifeform, except for maybe the assertion that life is a good thing and should continue, and that the necessary things to ensure that continues are good by association.  Unless you can make some value judgement about things completely divorced of bias.

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lol tasty tongue time

yeah mostly agreed

 

Unless you can make some value judgement about things completely divorced of bias.

which you can't, so it doesn't really even seem worth thinking about, well to me which is also a personal value judgement

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Well it probably is worth thinking about in those terms if at any point in future your mind may shift about whether it's worth thinking about, because then you're probably armoured against existential crisis and precludes the potential that you ascribe meaning to something that is aligned with values not derivative from either existing values you have or things that can be determined as associated with your values. 

And that makes sense at any level of analysis too, like a society should want to protect and enrich its own members at the level of nations, worlds or families. 

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But in those terms, if someone values sadism then the only inhibiting force in their determination of that being a meaningful thing to explore (or war for instance) is the risk and relative value towards other values that could be either neglected in the pursuit or compromised.

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Seems legit. 

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Earth is one of the legit hardest training grounds for souls in the universe. Those who choose to come here learn much faster than souls on other worlds, and those who choose to live a hard life, learn much quicker again. The plan is for advanced souls (after many lifetimes) to evolve to such a level that we can be teachers on others worlds. That's right, mofo's - we're all "God's" in the making. Buckle up and enjoy the ride. 

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Any statement you can make about the meaning would contain an implicit value judgement about whatever the meaning is a desirable thing unless there's no meaning, so you have to accept some implicit concept of value before answering the question in that way could possibly be considered true, so really the precipitating idea is whatever is axiomatic in the answer - meaning that you can question the answer similar to this metaphor - "what is the meaning of going to the fridge to drink some milk? to satiate my thirst/hunger and have a tasty tongue time" this implicitly incorporates value judgements that are inherently human and quite possibly personal, same for whatever meaning there is in life.

So you can't determine an objective meaning for life, especially when trying to think as a lifeform, except for maybe the assertion that life is a good thing and should continue, and that the necessary things to ensure that continues are good by association.  Unless you can make some value judgement about things completely divorced of bias.

 "Guyz, the universe is like.... subjective and shit.  Woooooooooaaaah."

last edit on 1/2/2021 6:26:58 PM
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That does make Shifty's worldview here seem almost defensive. 

I usually hear this kind of thing out of people making flimsy excuses for their own behavior. 

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