OK, look at it this way. You go down to the store and buy a soda, talk to some folks and walk home.
Yes, the mysteries of the universe are all there, there's unimaginable quantum mechanics going on in your soda can, that oak tree in my yard was exactly 2600 miles from your left ear at one point (to the thousandth of an inch) and your favorite rock star drove by drinking the exact same soda that was the next can off the production line from yours.
But you'll never know any of it. And so what?
Some things we're just not meant to know. And nobody here ever will.
I'd say not to get too wrapped up in specifics about meanings or other mystical shit. Live your life, enjoy your soda and try to make the best. Maybe after it's all over we'll get some answers.
And be wary of anyone on this earth selling you those answers.
True. The futility of existence is only matched by the futility of worrying about the futility of existence.
I mean, it's probably a right of passage, to ponder what this all is, but once you travel that passage most of us get to the stage where we're wiser (in so much as we know we're none the wiser) and no longer need to ask these big questions.
The wright brothers could not fly. They invented a contraption that could fly using Bernouli's principle, which was postulated centuries before.
Their machine flew and they went along for the ride. No humans can fly. I can't fly, but I can sit on my ass and drink bloody marys on a plane.
But we're talking about existential and/or religious questions that have no answer. The whys, not the hows.
Science and engineering are different. They answer questions about the physical world.
Yes, we routinely teach schoolchildren things that were unanswerable a couple of centuries ago, but there's still stuff that can never be answered. It also seems that for every major discovery or breakthrough, more questions pop up.
All these profound questions have little bearing on day-to-day life. The mysteries of the universe have no effect on me picking up my dry cleaning. Just try to enjoy life as much as you can.
Ever heard of a book called "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"? It's about a philosopher who goes insane pondering the meaning of quality.
He comes to the conclusion that none of it matters next to living his life and raising his son. Great book.
Is it normal to live in a paradox?
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OK, look at it this way. You go down to the store and buy a soda, talk to some folks and walk home.
Yes, the mysteries of the universe are all there, there's unimaginable quantum mechanics going on in your soda can, that oak tree in my yard was exactly 2600 miles from your left ear at one point (to the thousandth of an inch) and your favorite rock star drove by drinking the exact same soda that was the next can off the production line from yours.
But you'll never know any of it. And so what?
Some things we're just not meant to know. And nobody here ever will.
I'd say not to get too wrapped up in specifics about meanings or other mystical shit. Live your life, enjoy your soda and try to make the best. Maybe after it's all over we'll get some answers.
And be wary of anyone on this earth selling you those answers.
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True. The futility of existence is only matched by the futility of worrying about the futility of existence.
I mean, it's probably a right of passage, to ponder what this all is, but once you travel that passage most of us get to the stage where we're wiser (in so much as we know we're none the wiser) and no longer need to ask these big questions.
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What is the questions lead to quantum theory? Wouldn't math and physics be the next step?
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Sure, I'm not saying intellectual curiosity of this kind becomes pointless. Maths and physics can certainly help explain many things.
Just that if you have questions of a certain magnitude, you shouldn't necessarily expect to find the answers, only to better understand the questions.
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I'm with you. Relief from these profound yet intractable questions is no further than the next on-campus party.
People are not meant to fly either but the Wright brothers tried. Amazing isn't it? What can be done when you think of the possibilities?
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The wright brothers could not fly. They invented a contraption that could fly using Bernouli's principle, which was postulated centuries before.
Their machine flew and they went along for the ride. No humans can fly. I can't fly, but I can sit on my ass and drink bloody marys on a plane.
But we're talking about existential and/or religious questions that have no answer. The whys, not the hows.
Science and engineering are different. They answer questions about the physical world.
Yes, we routinely teach schoolchildren things that were unanswerable a couple of centuries ago, but there's still stuff that can never be answered. It also seems that for every major discovery or breakthrough, more questions pop up.
All these profound questions have little bearing on day-to-day life. The mysteries of the universe have no effect on me picking up my dry cleaning. Just try to enjoy life as much as you can.
Ever heard of a book called "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"? It's about a philosopher who goes insane pondering the meaning of quality.
He comes to the conclusion that none of it matters next to living his life and raising his son. Great book.