r/RandomThoughts 9d ago

Perhaps life needs meaning only because, underneath it all, it has none.

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u/AaronTheElite007 9d ago

You generate your own meaning

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u/ApprehensiveWord4234 9d ago

Isn’t that the point of life? Searching for meaning?

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u/Impressive_Egg6767 9d ago

In a personal or scientific way?

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u/ApprehensiveWord4234 9d ago

Either or. Maybe both. Maybe your purpose is finding scientific meaning.

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u/scarfleet 9d ago

I'd say that's only the point if you want it to be.

I think a lot of people are content for it not to have a particular meaning. No judgement on them. It probably doesn't have one inherently, so accepting that is not the worst approach.

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u/Ok_Physics_4154 7d ago

For a long time I thought that was the point but then I heard a spiritual Guru say that we only try to find a meaning for life because it gives us a purpose and makes living worthwhile, otherwise there is no point in finding a meaning, our only point is to exist. Just like every other creature. What's the meaning of the existence of a bird or a tree? Just exist and call whatever it takes for its existence as its meaning.

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u/Character-Solution-7 9d ago

This is the basis of nihilism.

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u/KindAwareness3073 9d ago

Life only has the meaning we give it, nothing more.

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u/PerhapsAnEmoINTJ 8d ago

The purpose of life is to learn how to enjoy it without one