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Why on earth would the heat death of the universe on such a time scale mean everything is pointless. We are the ones that create meaning in our actions. It's n
by jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
Why on earth would the heat death of the universe on such a time scale mean everything is pointless.
We are the ones that create meaning in our actions. It's not given to us by the universe, it's up to us to decide with our consciousness. Meaning will always be on the scale of human lifetimes. The ultimate fate of the universe is irrelevant to that.
- edgyquant 4y ago>We are the ones that create meaning in our actions This is your opinion. Most people are religious and derive meaning from an outside source.
- the_af 4y ago> Most people are religious and derive meaning from an outside source. People who are religious believe their lives are meaningful even if the physical universe ends. In fact, for some mainstream religions they are counting on it eventually ending.
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoI think even most religions ask actions of their followers. Living a life aligned with their religious teaching is an action that created meaning.
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y agoThey are making a choice of what religion they believe.
- alasdair_ 4y ago>Meaning will always be on the scale of human lifetimes. There is a nonzero possibility that "human lifetime" becomes unfathomably long eventually.
- Qem 4y agoProbably not. Even if we succeed in stopping senescence completely, most people would still die of accidents in a scale of hundreds to thousands of years, eventually.
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