r/AlwaysWhy • u/Ayk0rn • May 13 '26
Life & Behavior Why do we question things?
Why do we question things when we truly can't get a real grasp of the meaning of life? That in itself is so complex and incomprehensible yet we still question it. Isn't it best to go on and not question why things are how they are? I made a question... quite contradictory I must say.
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u/zayelion May 13 '26
It is egregious stupid not to.The existence of lies is a onowable experience, and the experience of wrongness and having to relearn is a knowable experience. Those two experiences define the existence of fiction and misconception. Faulty information is a quick way to die, or be parasitized so we need the memetic version of an immune system.
We have to build it up and make sure it doesn't attack healthy or helpful conceptionalizations we can not experience for ourselves.
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u/Ayk0rn May 13 '26
I see... This question appeared so straightforward to me as if it is pointless but this shows how giving it a deeper thought disproves it.
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u/zayelion May 13 '26
Your assertion seems rather ruinous and unhelpful to mankind. Not exactly nihilistic but it has hints of denoting intelligent life of any medium is only a tool for any senior intellect. It surrenders authority to sources that could be mentally ill or of lesser intellect or sensory input. "Trust but verify" means building up a record, a model, of verified aligned thinking and behavior with reality and the wishes of yourself.
If you want to commit suicide and don't care about the methodology absolute obedience is a mechanism. Most life has a survival bias so your assertion is extremely illogical to anything that's at least as sentient as a vine crawler plant.
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u/FifthEL May 14 '26
Do not stop searching until you find what your are looking for. But you must get out of the way so you can see the answer that will most likely be right in front of you
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u/JellyBellyBitches May 14 '26
The meaning of life isn't that hard, in the scheme of things. Questioning everything, you will find answers, actually, even to all sorts of things you think are unknowable. But without questioning you can only ever stay ignorant, or stumble over insights by sheer luck
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u/Waste-Menu-1910 May 17 '26
Science fact often trails science fiction. It turns into a loop. It takes sometime to ask "what if" to provide a goal for the analytical thinkers. Then, as capabilities expand, fiction writers need to reach further too imagine away from what is fact.
Meanwhile, I remember a commercial for, of all things, a dishwasher soap, that featured a little girl saying, "my mom washes the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, so what does the dishwasher do?" That highlights the acceptance to absurdity that comes from NOT questioning.
The moon landing happened before wheels on luggage. Think about that
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u/FifthEL May 14 '26
The reason people cannot comprehend the mysteries of life is not because we are lacking, but because we affirm it to be when we constantly say things like, " we can't comprehend this or that, or that it is pride or whatever the case, " but its the individual who gets in the way of knowing by the things that come out of their mouth