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Life, the universe, and beyond
Count:
Everyday while I'm doing some random activity, I remember that we're all just living on a giant sphere, floating in an unexplored universe that's expanding by the second. We have no clue why we are really here, and not one of us really actually knows the reason or has a means of finding that reason. We all settle for ideas, theories, and myths that half heartedly answer these questions, then purposefully push it all to the back of our minds because it is too much to even start thinking about. We divide ourselves up and try to establish superiority but not one of us has a real answer to it. It's just a matter of the loudest voice gets to be the leader. The dude with the biggest stick wins and we listen to whoever is holding it. All the thoughts, emotions, memories that you have EVER had are all fit neat and tightly in a ~1200 cubic centimeter organ called the brain. The complexities of the activities we do are all a series of reactions in this brain and throughout the body, but in the end that's all they are, reactions. Does anyone else ever think of this, or has everyone just settled on not wanting to know?
What are your ideas on the big questions of life forums? Are we here for a reason? Do we have souls? Or are we all just here as some kind of forgeted up science experiment?
It seems that the more we know, the more lost we become.
SlayerZ99:
I dont think we're here for a specific reason but it doesnt make me sad at all knowing that
As for souls, I have no idea but i lean towards no
If you wanna get forgeted up listen to the Architects album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us and realize it was written by the guitarist who died from cancer and it'll make ya think a lot
Freek:
we're all ghosts
Darryl McKoy:
IMO, we're not here for a reason, we don't have souls and we don't 'go somewhere' when we die
Life is a bitch but most of us have pretty cushy lives compared to other animals
Count:
--- Quote ---For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imaginations, we learned to talk.
-Stephen Hawking
--- End quote ---
It's all so mysterious to me. Why us? Was it truly and fully spontaneous? Are there limitations on the human mind and senses that don't allow us to see the bigger picture?