Skyab23 wrote:You can live your life in front of you in the best way possible, but years down the line, no one will remember you, or what you did, or what your favorite movie or color was. You are insignificant to this universe.
This whole thing is a load of crap since if this were true we would have 0 history. Now you if we're talking history then we can reach this next conclusion. You are only insignificant to this universe if you're insignificant to Earth.
Which pretty much means that if you're insignificant to Earth then you didn't actually lived your life in the best way possible. So you do have a choice to make yourself remembered.
However it's much more than this. As long as you contribute to something/someone, as long as you are part of a whole... then you are not insignificant. Even if you cause nothing but damage, you're still significant. Not gonna go into a debate over how it's pretty much retarded to say that you're insignificant because nobody will remember you 100 years from now.
Cop 223 wrote:to say that we have been in the past- or currently are capable of 'that' amount of good is somewhat naive.
Explain.
Cop 223 wrote:I don't believe there's an inherent point to life at all.
Ehhh.
Cop 223 wrote: I'm both excited and trepidatious to see where we go next.
You will see worse. This Earth hasn't seen shit from the amount of bad things that can happen. Ahead of us is a total disaster. However, imagine how much good will come with that. It's fascinating.
So I'm currently in a better mood, and not the typical depressive little shit I usually am, and I'll say this:
ehh
both perspectives are really a matter of belief more than anything
I think any perceived significance is rather insulated inside the confines of humanity, because significance is something we've more or less invented in order give ourselves purpose. On the other hand, the bullshit I spewed in the first post of this thread is also a product of what I believed at the moment.
I think I also read Daniel Quinn's Ishmael too many times when I was at the ripe old age of 16 and automatically thought I was an intellectual. Still my favorite book tho.
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Skyab23 wrote:RIFA, get real. The only people that history recollects by name are the 0.0001% of the history of the Earth's population. The Thomas Jeffersons, the Michael Jordans, the Hitlers, etc. Unless you're that one in a billion individual that really makes a historical difference, no one is going to care about you, or what you did, and they sure as hell won't remember you.
Like I said, name your great great grandparents, what contributions they made, etc. Most people cannot, and there's a reason for that. They're ultimately irrelevant. The likelihood is that you are and will be too. So will I. So will everyone who writes on Nolan Fans. That's not a knock against anyone, it's simply the truth. You can lie to yourself and tell yourself that you're important and that your contributions somehow matter to the future of the human race and nature...but you'd be hard pressed to make that case in a fact-based manner.
I think anyone who thinks their life is so important to the rest of the world and to the future of the universe is self-delusional. I live my life based on what gives me pleasure and satisfaction. For example, If someone is nice to me, I return the favor, because that makes me feel satisfied. I am however, under no illusions that what I do will matter in the grand scheme of things, hundreds of years from now when 2014 is but a distant memory.
You repeated the same things you said before. You're really adding nothing of value here so I won't even argue.
Dodd wrote:Contrary to popular belief having milk with pasta products is actually pretty good. In my experiences anyways.
Discuss.
Interesting, I had never put much thought into which drinks compliment pasta but I'll be aware for the next time.
Its important to address these hard hitting topics. Controversial but taking trail blazing actions, such as this one, is exactly what pushes the culture forward.
