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There might not be meaning to the universe, but there is meaning in the human enterprise. We went from animals, to highly effective and conscious of ourselves
by alfor 5y ago
There might not be meaning to the universe, but there is meaning in the human enterprise.
We went from animals, to highly effective and conscious of ourselves and the universe. The human developpement keep pushing forward.
I think that the main cause of meaninglessness is our rejection of our own culture ( mostly Christian). There is good reason to reject them as the bearded magician in the sky seem stupid to a modern science minded person, however if you look at those stories at a second degree there is a lot of parts that make sense.
Theses stories were the bedrock of our civilisation and the spine of our consciousness. We need to update theses stories with what we now know instead of throwing them out because science make them look outdated.
Take a look at Jordan Peterson biblical series, it explain in evolutionary terms how we invented theses stories, what they mean, what we can learn from them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2w
- rendall 5y agoNot sure why you're getting downvoted, but I do appreciate your response. Sure, as metaphors and origin stories and cultural touchstones, they're worth knowing more about. But thinking these tales as literal truth is... not helpful to address existential angst. Not to someone like me, anyway. Not one among those stories explicitly says "Yes, the Universe might indeed have no meaning. That observation is valid, rational and sane. Given that, here's how to handle it..." They are all, to the last, have faith, my child, accept this {patent absurdity}, and that will save you from {other patent absurdity} I'm not really convinced of the Jungian framework, but I do get a kick out of it. It's a hell of a lot of fun.
- alfor 5y agoI think that everything Christian or from Peterson get downvoted in this left leaning place, they are seen as backward or even evil. Theses stories made me realize that we are part of millennia of human understanding evolution. To me there is sometime a deeper meaning at a second level but I have to get past a first reaction of disdain that i got from all things Christian. We are more open to other culture religions as we don’t know their flaws as well. Jung is still opaque to me.
- rendall 5y agoPeterson is a Jungian, which is why I brought it up. Check out Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Gustav Jung himself, for a fun accessible entree. Basically, the theory is that humans are deeply wired to use stories to understand the world, and some stories are even embedded in our subconscious.