How do you explain to yourself the existence of this Universe or the existence of anything at all? (endlesstalk.org)

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

After a bit of light reading and asking people who know more about philosophy than me, it seems I lean to absurdism. My take is that there is no reason for the existence of the universe or the evolution of humans. It was merely a series of random events that happened to end up the way it is. So it is what is is, I don't let myself be bothered by it.

But that doesn't mean life has no meaning per se. I'm already here, so I might as well make the most of it and live my life to the fullest. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that puts me in the category of absurdism, rather than existential nihilism.

[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 11 months ago

If there is no reason then where does the meaning come from? Are they related?

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