Thread: Why? Why Exist?

Originally Posted by Replicon

Are you saying you are unwilling to MAKE your life have purpose if it's not handed to you somehow?

No, actually the opposite. I'm just saying that a nihilist is a walking contradiction. I encourage everyone to search for meaning in their lives though.

I should rephrase/correct that to: If you believe that live cannot have/never has a purpose...

From the perspective of chemistry and physics life isn't that different from non-life and pretty meaningless in itself. From the perspective of psychology, life is very important and meaningful. From the perspective of biology, life is much more interesting than from other sciences. From our own perspective, we chose to give life meaning or we chose to consider our lives meaningless. While the latter might be closer to scientific truth, it is impractical from a psychological standpoint and plain wrong from a humanistic one.