We harm this planet and each other and we can't contribute nearly enough to justify the harm. — TiredThinker
Can we properly examine life while still alive? — TiredThinker
If there is no afterlife can we assume life had no meaning? — TiredThinker
If there is no afterlife can we assume life had no meaning? — TiredThinker
or some might argue that being happy is the only meaning to life — TiredThinker
if you are unhappy to begin with, life will seem to lose its meaning. The opposite is also true: when you are happy, you tend to see the meaning in your life. Consider that happiness might be the cause, and meaning is the effect. If you can find other ways to increase your happiness, the fact that life is finite should bother you less. — Bird-Up
Can life have meaning without afterlife? — TiredThinker
Meaning is not given, it is built.
That goes for language, and for life. — Banno
We harm this planet and each other and we can't contribute nearly enough to justify the harm. — TiredThinker
meaning is imaginary. — whollyrolling
... if existence is building blocks from what came before, and nothing comes after, and all we've accomplished is what lesser beings have done, than how can we feel special? — TiredThinker
being happy is the only meaning to life, but that only sounds like a way to prevent sadness and suicide. — TiredThinker
Can we properly examine life while still alive? — TiredThinker
Apparently he had done everything and seen everything. — TiredThinker
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