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[-] WarpScanner@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

Some philosophers agree with biologists on this one.

[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Am a biologist, can confirm.

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 15 points 1 month ago

I'm a philosopher. I can confirm the biologist seems right

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[-] Zaraki42@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago
[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 14 points 2 months ago

Well, now I should take this meme down. You've given me a counterpoint so complete I have no retort. I will now go grab my towel.

[-] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If you suck on the end it's lemon flavored.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That's what she said

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Zark that, it's actually about finding a place to eat

[-] Zaraki42@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Where all the hoopy froods meet!

[-] Elkot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Wait, where do I recognise her from, I'm sure I've seen her face before

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

Women looking at this meme: so am I supposed to be a lesbian?

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Yep. Sorry hetro women, the meme has spoken; you've got to be gay now.

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[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 months ago

The meaning of life is very simple: life has no meaning unless you create meaning. What that meaning is is going to differ from person to person.

The meaning I give to my life is to do everything I can to further human knowledge and to learn as much as possible myself.

For other people, it could be exploring the world, finding inner peace, helping as many people as possible, gaining power/money by any means necessary, etc.

All valid, some more well-intentioned than others. IMO if your goal is to do good by yourself and/or to others without actively seeking to hurt others, there isn't really a wrong answer.

[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 5 points 2 months ago

This was just meant to be something funny to make people chuckle and then continue on with their day. I find my meaning in being an existential jester. To laugh at everything. May I be from joy or mockery or grim determination. So much so that I've told my wife that if she feels the need to give me a memorial plaque after my death it can only have one of two quotes on it. The first is attributed to Shakespeare's Marc Anthony: "Have I played the part well? Then applaud, as I exit." Or from Darkest Dungeon: "He will be laughing still, in the end."

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I too revel in the absurdism that results from a mind evolved to fuck and throw big rocks trying to understand anything beyond the five little sense peepholes it's looking through. Hello out there, fellow pervert! I wonder what the outside looks like through your peepholes!

When I'm not looking out, I build logical graphs in my head that represent social concepts and how I fit into the world, especially along the 1 time dimension, and sometimes the graphs make me happy or sad, usually because of how well rested or caffeinated I am.

I hope your mind graphs are happy today (or whatever abstraction applies to your thought process).

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Here is to existential nihilism. That one set me free because it’s not centered on obligation toward other people aka living my false self. My meaning is inner peace by self actualization.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

A hundred percent. I used to just call myself a nihilist, because on paper it applies. But straight up self described nihilists are stuck in a dead end.

I prefer to use nihilism as a reminder that there are no ultimate loci of meaning and that anything I insist on having meaning needs to be justified.

Lol this thread. You can't just mention the meaning of life on social media without us armchair philosophers crawling out of the woodwork and uhm ackshually-ing all over the place.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

We can expand that into our existence doesn’t need to be justified. Nothing wrong with philosophy. It’s the only thing keeping me sane.

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[-] C1pher@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Bust a nut, pass your genetics and perish. Thats it. What you do in between that is up to you.

[-] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

No, social behavior has always been a party of biology. Even after you reproduce how you care for your young and your extended family has a huge impact on the species. Herd animals or anything that flocks can't function solo. If all the adults just left after they reproduced the species wouldn't survive. Reproduction is key for the individual, but it's never that simple. The version you're told in school is always a highly simplified version of the truth.

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[-] pruneaue@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This meme was made better for me by provoking the thought that all the great philosophers were just aces

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Except we have the foresight to know everything will end. Even if we were to produce 100 000 000 perfect replicas of our genes they would still hit the same wall— extinction. Further, whether we have free will or not (prolly not), we're able to coopt the gene platforms to further non-procreative aims.

It's a bit like saying the point of a TV show is to earn profit for the people who bankrolled it. Well, yes that's why it's here and literally the only thing that will keep it going, but you can do a lot more within those constraints than play out the material reality.

So the question remains.

[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

Even if we were to produce 100 000 000 perfect replicas of our genes they would still hit the same wall— extinction.

Doesn't matter, had sex.

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[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Getting your finger bitten off by a person who is wearing a lot of make-up? Pls explain, I'm not a biologist. /j

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yes, you nailed it. You really fingered the issue.

[-] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

Speaking of nailing.

[-] teolan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Physicists: the meaning of life is to increase entropy. Global warming let'sssss goooll

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

What is the meaning of life?

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

TIL that we evolved opposable thumbs for feeding our loved ones

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