The meaning of life

'The meaning of life' is a daunting question that has plagued humanity since the dawn of man. It has always confused me that humans both singly and collectively haven't reached a threatening and existential dichotomy as a cause of this question, as it fundamentally lies before our very eyes in what we deem 'life'. In this short opinion essay, I speak my own thoughts about the meaning of life, in as much of a subjective sense possible.

Before jumping to conclusions, it is important to remember core principles that help prevent a pointless undermining of the argument at hand: one must detach emotion (both, instinctive emotion and active 'spiritual' emotion) from thought and rationality when exploring metaphysical; philosophical and scientific ideas in the meaning of life! it is believed, both personally and scientifically that attaching emotion to rational thought may consequentially lead to answers deluded by the mind, as it seeks plausible comfort in its existence (Terror management theory), or even may lead to a more covert and imaginary 'deeper' meaning to the answer of life. However, rather ironically, I must backtrack on my own guidance, and not undercut my future writings, as I believe one must truly believe that all answers have merit; as this is the unanswerable question, there are no wrong answers, only theories, and ideas...

Many religious ideas gave way to substantiated meaning in life, such as a higher-being or eternal being that 'watches over us', or the existence of polytheistic gods and an afterlife. However, terror management theory (TMS for short) gives both justification for the creation of religious idols and both a reason not to support them. Recently (in terms of decades), atheism, and along with that; nihilism has grown in popularity. This rather pessimistic look at life comes with issues that question not only the value of life, but the existence of life itself. The famous Donald A. Crosby quote: 'There is no justification for life, but also no reason not to live. Those who claim to find meaning in their lives are either dishoneest or deluded. In either case, they fail to face up to the harsh reality of the human situations. Crosby here highlights that humanity came about largely by 'chance', a scientific anomaly; a

However, what I miss from nihilists, and especially pessimistic ones such as Crosby is the arrrogance of knowledge, and the delusional trust in science which itself is anthropogenic, and by that logic, worthless. What nihilists and I can agree on, is that our own understanding of the universe, which in comparrision to a universe timeline, is absolutely miniscule. This, compared to the enormous, and potentially infinite amount of knowledge in the universe, means that the worthless antrhopogenic but seemingly 'plausable' science, has only breached the surface of an infinite plain. Yes, for the moment, the wild and ruthless universe around us seems 'cold', 'dark' and 'unforgiving' (if to be described in human emotional terms), however, the realms of possibility have not been explored substantially enough for philosophers to make a plausable judgement on the meaning of life. The big bang theory is a classic scientific argument that seeks to find a start point in time, however, many can agree that time isnt such a simple idea, labelling it as a 'vector' is a huge overconfidence in human mathematics. What science seems to tell us, is that things are put into existence for a reason, however, as a cause of this, science rarely tries to step out of the realms of possibility, and into 'out-of-the-box' fiction. timeloops, cosmic inflation (the possible argument for infinite universes) and time plains are realms of possibility that science seems to forget.

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the idchotomy of humanity (in the future).

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In summary, what Crosby seems to forget, is that by his own judgement, his own words seem to show an undeniable double-standard; with admittance to the inferiority and blind ignorance of humanity, in question to the meaning of life, he forgets to admit his own ignorance. The admittance of the endless scale of which knowledge is truly on, and the possibilities that humans h