Love the way this is worded: The modern condition is this: We’re hairless apes who evolved on the third planet from an unexceptional star in an unremarkable galaxy adrift in a desolate universe ruled by mathematical laws of no discernible purpose. The only thing separating us from the various molds, bacteria, and mammals that swarm the p…
Love the way this is worded: The modern condition is this: We’re hairless apes who evolved on the third planet from an unexceptional star in an unremarkable galaxy adrift in a desolate universe ruled by mathematical laws of no discernible purpose. The only thing separating us from the various molds, bacteria, and mammals that swarm the planet is that we’re aware of that fact.
BUT! I do have to say, whenever I hear people make this argument, that we are unremarkable, that life is a fluke, I want to say that's not the point. Or, if I could put it another way, describing life as unremarkable is equally absurd as describing it as remarkable. Just another human invention. The only way to deal with life is to live. Asking why should just help us figure out how to do it.
And P.S., I find life infinitely remarkable when I live it.
Side note: One could say the only way to deal with life is to kill oneself. But, from what I can see, death is not living. And I'm not saying that death is not part of life, it's just that dying is literally the opposite of living. Definitionally.
I have decided to abandon the word death from my dictionary, in fact. I now like the word decaying. Makes room for living and dying.
We are all decaying. It decays. (As some philosopher said, the real formula for "I think, therefore I am" should be "It thinks".
Love the way this is worded: The modern condition is this: We’re hairless apes who evolved on the third planet from an unexceptional star in an unremarkable galaxy adrift in a desolate universe ruled by mathematical laws of no discernible purpose. The only thing separating us from the various molds, bacteria, and mammals that swarm the planet is that we’re aware of that fact.
BUT! I do have to say, whenever I hear people make this argument, that we are unremarkable, that life is a fluke, I want to say that's not the point. Or, if I could put it another way, describing life as unremarkable is equally absurd as describing it as remarkable. Just another human invention. The only way to deal with life is to live. Asking why should just help us figure out how to do it.
And P.S., I find life infinitely remarkable when I live it.
Side note: One could say the only way to deal with life is to kill oneself. But, from what I can see, death is not living. And I'm not saying that death is not part of life, it's just that dying is literally the opposite of living. Definitionally.
I have decided to abandon the word death from my dictionary, in fact. I now like the word decaying. Makes room for living and dying.
We are all decaying. It decays. (As some philosopher said, the real formula for "I think, therefore I am" should be "It thinks".