fascia:

well actually life is somewhat meaningless though sometimes it may seem dynamic but its always constant,that why we have things in doubles,life n death,health n sickness,happiness n sadness,white n black,good n evil.this constancy will always b maintained,no matter how much u change d world for better there will always be loopholes where evil will manifest.it just like order and disorder tho they might fluntuate in appearance bt their will always b net equilibrium between then.in short we have the same world,the same life,every combination/permutation of event that could ever happen has already happen and will continue to happen.the only difference is the time and the people living in that time.

If I understand you correctly, what you are saying is that no matter how one chooses to live his life, no matter the improvements one makes in his character and his sense of responsibility towards himself, other humans, and his environment, that what will be will always be - that the tragedies of life will always exist and that his efforts would be futile in as much as it's intended to make the world better?

If this is what you are saying, then I don't agree with you. Despite the continuous presence of tragedies of being and the vicissitudes associated with living in this world, I'll make the argument that the state of the world today is better than it was 200 years ago, and this massive disparity, especially as it affects well being and human flourishing, is due to collective human effort aimed at bettering the state of the world.

I honestly don't see how making statements like "life is meaningless" adds anything of value to human experience. I mean, since life is meaningless to you guys, why not just go around killing everyone? Why are you still alive? Why haven't you killed yourself? Why do you still participate in this grim, futile, meaningless existence?

Mrbolt555:
You're born then u start going to school, then work ,work, work and then u die. And that's it. Ur forgotten like u never even existed.

If you are tired of living, do the needful. The world will be better off without you

Highex:


The singular purpose of life is to live. The rest of the things you wrote up here are your choices.

If the singular purpose of life is to live, aren't we obligated to act in a way that guarantees the continuation of this "living" process?

Faxole:


If I understand you correctly, what you are saying is that no matter how one chooses to live his life, no matter the improvements one makes in his character and his sense of responsibility towards himself, other humans, and his environment, that what will be will always be - that the tragedies of life will always exist and that his efforts would be futile in as much as it's intended to make the world better?

If this is what you are saying, then I don't agree with you. Despite the continuous presence of tragedies of being and the vicissitudes associated with living in this world, I'll make the argument that the state of the world today is better than it was 200 years ago, and this massive disparity, especially as it affects well being and human flourishing, is due to collective human effort aimed at bettering the state of the world.

I honestly don't see how making statements like "life is meaningless" adds anything of value to human experience. I mean, since life is meaningless to you guys, why not just go around killing everyone? Why are you still alive? Why haven't you killed yourself? Why do you still participate in this grim, futile, meaningless existence?

what is the differnce? detaching the superficial technological n other improvements n going to the basic level u would see theres no much difference at most it may appear so.
...well to dodge the bluntness of knowledge that life is truly meaningless men have learn to attach meaning to abstract phenomenon like love,marraige,nationality n patriotism,making life better syndrome etc thats why questions like why am i here,what my purpose in life,what am i going to spend the rest of my life doing?? are very difficult.this is why everyone having attained self awareness seek to find a kind of purpose in life.
so after many decades of attaching meaning to things it has formed a heavy cobwebs thick enough to block d meaningness out of life.now in this modern world we have a lot of distractions that steers us fom the futility of life.
consider this analogy.let say life is a video game with the following programmed constants (life,death,knowledge,wisdom,power,evil,good,happiness,sadness others) with unlimited number of players.one player played the game,experience the constants in variable amount and died.
another player played the game in a differnt stage refecting difference in time and died.
another player plays with the same sets of constants...the constant there,the repititive nature of d constants reflects the futility of live.no matter how the player plays,no matter wht he does there is really no change amd this begs the questiion why play after all ithe result will be d same at the end.

well everyone alive is stuck with life bt while at it we have to create meaning to make life livable.live as best as we could and die.

Its so if you don't leave you foot print on the sands of time.

Mrbolt555:
You're born then u start going to school, then work ,work, work and then u die. And that's it. Ur forgotten like u never even existed.

lol...then such a life is like that of a dog , that has no purpose rather than to obey its master..

humanity is different from animal, we have evolve from that time of primitive days when we haunt with our club or eat raw meat to these modern civilized days of aircraft , computer , discovering a new planet different from us.... all these are not meaningless, we are breaking into unknown day by day.......how can you say it has no meaning.... we are not spider that is still making the same kind of webs its predecessors made or that of the birds that has been making the same next for millions of years. humanity is progressing. therefore it is your birthright to discover your unique purpose......do not be like a dog whose purpose alone is to be loyal to its master.

Faxole:


If the singular purpose of life is to live, aren't we obligated to act in a way that guarantees the continuation of this "living" process?

It is innate for individual to want to live. I personally don't believe there is a particular way we must "act" that guarantees our continuous existence. Although, our "act" may increase our chance of existence.

Highex:


It is innate for individual to want to live. I personally don't believe there is a particular way we must "act" that guarantees our continuous existence. Although, our "act" may increase our chance of existence.

Really? You don't think there is a particular way we must act that guarantees the continuous existence of humanity? So what do you say about my proposition that everyone acquire weapons and then march into the home of their next door neighbour, plundering their material resources and money and then killing anyone who dares stop them and every member of the family so they don't become vindictive and avenge what's been done to them. And when they are done exhausting their pillaged supply, they should march into another home and repeat the process. And it's not just plundering. Even desires like sex also need to be satisfied in this way. So if anyone wants to fuçk someone all he needs to do is find an attractive woman, force her at gun point to do what he wants and then shoot her after he's done so she doesn't avenge what's been done to her. And bear in mind that there would be no need to work under this "free system" because why does anyone need to work when they could just steal from any person they meet and then kill them after. So no need for farmers to continue their occupation, no need for doctors to function in hospitals, no need for pharmacists to produce drugs, no need for those working in power plants to supervise the production and distribution of electrical power, no need for anything. There would also be no need for laws and rules and enforcement of these laws because everyone should be free to live as they like.

What do you say about my idea? I'm sure you would be on board with the idea since you believe there isn't anyway that we should act that would guarantee the continuous existence of humanity. Do you think humanity would survive past a decade if everyone acted this way, especially giving the kind of weaponry we possess?