The value of saying this is only poetic or sentimental. It's very common to say this. But it's not a philosophical view. Logic itself doesn't approve of it because think about it -- lucky as compared to what? To that non-place, the time before you were born? Then you can't compare two disparate situations and give it a judgment of "lucky".The odds for a humanbeing living right now would be so impossibly high, and yet here we are.
Does that mean that we are really lucky to be here right now and we are really living in the present and that we are the future? — Persain
What are the chances of all the people living right now to be here right now? — Persain
maybe is the reason that we are always living in the present. — Persain
Like with a lottery, to win a lottery is almost impossible, you could play lottery all your life and never win something because the chances you will actually win is astronomically low. Isn't that also for the people living right now on earth in this present? The odds for a humanbeing living right now would be so impossibly high, and yet here we are. — Persain
The chances are 100 percent.What are the chances of all the people living right now to be here right now? — Persain
You can look at ancient ruins that were once thriving cities or towns and now a relic of civilization. :yikes:I often say to people “think about all the people around you right now, about all the people around the world … they are ALL going to die.” Have that thought to yourself right now in the privation of your head. Is it ‘scary,’ ’liberating,’ ‘threatening,’ ‘confusing’ or something else entirely. — I like sushi
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