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ShcShc
Canada912 Posts
is the consequence of self-actualization, not the means. You can't just go up tomorrow and say "I'l love everybody". Its an emotional feeling that can only be found through extensive search... by manipulating our emotion to feel that way. When you stop judging others, that's when you accepted who you are. Its not logical, but emotional. | ||
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AllHailTheDead
United States418 Posts
that simple. in a hundred years from now If there are people who have my blood in them and my last name still....Then I've done my job | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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AllHailTheDead
United States418 Posts
On August 13 2012 04:46 sam!zdat wrote: so you would engage in mass rape were that possible for you to do? I have morals.....maybe you dont but I do | ||
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Groog
127 Posts
On August 13 2012 04:41 AllHailTheDead wrote: The goal in life is to procreate that simple. in a hundred years from now If there are people who have my blood in them and my last name still....Then I've done my job I used to think that when I was 16 aswell :p | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On August 13 2012 05:15 AllHailTheDead wrote: I have morals.....maybe you dont but I do But where do those come from? Is it part of the "meaning" of life? Or is it a different thing? If it is a different thing, what sort of a thing is it? | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
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AllHailTheDead
United States418 Posts
On August 13 2012 05:29 sam!zdat wrote: But where do those come from? Is it part of the "meaning" of life? Or is it a different thing? If it is a different thing, what sort of a thing is it? now your just getting off topic. Your pretty much asking why people dont mass murder its not the norm, I was taught that is wrong and I will pass that down to my kids, and to them their kids not really sure what your trying to get at....not sure why I bother responding | ||
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AllHailTheDead
United States418 Posts
but you dont bother to say what you believe in now? Do you think life is meaningless then? | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
On August 13 2012 06:16 AllHailTheDead wrote: now your just getting off topic. Your pretty much asking why people dont mass murder its not the norm, I was taught that is wrong and I will pass that down to my kids, and to them their kids not really sure what your trying to get at....not sure why I bother responding No, he was just taking your "meaning of life" to its logical conclusion. I mean, I have nothing against you and you're free to believe whatever you want. But something like "the goal of life to procreate" generally signifies that you haven't really thought it through entirely. | ||
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xmungam
United States1050 Posts
On August 13 2012 06:25 starfries wrote: No, he was just taking your "meaning of life" to its logical conclusion. I mean, I have nothing against you and you're free to believe whatever you want. But something like "the goal of life to procreate" generally signifies that you haven't really thought it through entirely. lol that statement is ridiculous. who HAS thought life all the way through? no one because then they would have No time to live it! I would say his answer is as legitimate as anyone else who came up with one, and by saying "think about it more" you are disregarding his conclusion without actually presenting an argument about it. | ||
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Groog
127 Posts
On August 13 2012 06:18 AllHailTheDead wrote: but you dont bother to say what you believe in now? Do you think life is meaningless then? Meaning is subjective. You give your life whatever meaning you want to give it. That's my view on life. | ||
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xmungam
United States1050 Posts
they had to organize / distribute power more to survive for longer, and then corruption happened so they didn't want to dismantle and go back to normal. aka god told me to lead you guys etc. so i would say that a lot of our faults in modern society come from being ridiculous... maybe this is relevant? | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
On August 13 2012 06:28 xmungam wrote: lol that statement is ridiculous. who HAS thought life all the way through? no one because then they would have No time to live it! I would say his answer is as legitimate as anyone else who came up with one, and by saying "think about it more" you are disregarding his conclusion without actually presenting an argument about it. All right, let me help you out. Consider some of these questions. If you wake up sterile tomorrow, does your life no longer have meaning? If you have children but they're sterile, does your life still have meaning? If you're gay but you raise several children, does your life not have meaning? If you don't have children but somehow singlehandedly saves the human race from extinction, does your life not have meaning? I'm not saying that it's wrong, just that if you think it through logically, there are some weird conclusions. | ||
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topsy213
Nigeria1 Post
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Portvilla
United States42 Posts
The great biologist goes on the voyage in search of the extraordinary truth that science reveals about death. In this specific scene from Richard Dawkins' video series 'Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life' the very humbling, awe inspiring and (for some) very surreal and harsh reality of death is revealed through the life of the "Arctica Icelandica" clam. These are amongst the longest living animal on the planet. Some have been found to live for 500 years, or longer. Why do they live so long? I'm basically rephrasing what the video says, so if you have already watched the section then you don't really have to read this post at all. But for the lazy, I will say; Evolution has to explain why some species can live so much longer than others. In the case of this clam, there is barely any threat to its survival down at the bottom of the ocean, and nothing can really pierce through its tough outer surface. It is BECAUSE they have a very large chance of survival that it is a good gamble to stay around for a longer period of time reproducing; whereas something like a salmon has a very poor chance of reproducing so it must throw everything it's got into one big gamble now. 'There is no point in wasting resources on a body lasting 400 years if your chance of making it through the night is pretty slim' OF COOOOOOURSE there is more to life than just sex and reproduction. We all have our personal meanings that we make for ourselves in this precious life we are given. But on a genetic level, at the end of our day our bodies are just carriers for genes to move from one generation to the next, and 'survive' instead of seeing ageing as a grim process, we understand that it is a side effect of how our genes work. Keep watching the whole documentary and any of Richard Dawkins/Sam Harris/Christopher Hitchens, etc etc. It's all good stuff and will keep you entertained on days off  | ||
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