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We agree on the meaning then! :) This reminded me of the intro to “A universe from nothing”, where the author says (paraphrasing) “why is there life is the wro
by fipar 4y ago
We agree on the meaning then! :)
This reminded me of the intro to “A universe from nothing”, where the author says (paraphrasing) “why is there life is the wrong question, but we can try to answer how is there life?”
- seti0Cha 4y agoCan you elaborate on what is meant by "the wrong question"?
- v-erne 4y agoNot OP, but I think I can add my 2c here. It means (pun intended) that the meaning is not self sustaining term in our reality - there is no absolute meaning outside of our perception. There is only relative meaning (as in what kind of meaning my perception assigns to things that can be observed by me - simply put - we create our own meaning). It can be simplified further to there is no meaning or the meaning does not exist but in my opinion this is oversimplification and reeks of nihilism. So if You look at things from the point of view described above the "why" question (which can be paraphrased to "what is the meaning") is wrong.
- fipar 4y agoI agree with this answer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31436469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31436469 I also wanted to add that it's not that I think it is wrong to ask such questions, only that I think they're wrong when considered from within our system of knowledge, so I find them unanswerable. Kind of how like "what kind of food does that digital computer like?" is a wrong question.