Jack Symes
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And a lot of my thought here comes from Albert Camus, which everyone should read. He says that we've I wonder if you've had a feeling or experience like this because this is sort of like What got me on my philosophical journey? He says one day the stage set collapses and everything begins in that weariness with a tinge of excitement i.e.
And a lot of my thought here comes from Albert Camus, which everyone should read. He says that we've I wonder if you've had a feeling or experience like this because this is sort of like What got me on my philosophical journey? He says one day the stage set collapses and everything begins in that weariness with a tinge of excitement i.e.
And a lot of my thought here comes from Albert Camus, which everyone should read. He says that we've I wonder if you've had a feeling or experience like this because this is sort of like What got me on my philosophical journey? He says one day the stage set collapses and everything begins in that weariness with a tinge of excitement i.e.
one day you're going about your life, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and you sort of start to think like, what's the point of all this? What's the meaning? It almost seems like it is a tale told by an idiot. And like, maybe it isn't meaningful. I'm not a part of this big plan. And you're sort of at a loss.
one day you're going about your life, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and you sort of start to think like, what's the point of all this? What's the meaning? It almost seems like it is a tale told by an idiot. And like, maybe it isn't meaningful. I'm not a part of this big plan. And you're sort of at a loss.
one day you're going about your life, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and you sort of start to think like, what's the point of all this? What's the meaning? It almost seems like it is a tale told by an idiot. And like, maybe it isn't meaningful. I'm not a part of this big plan. And you're sort of at a loss.
But there's an excitement there too, like the openness of being, the gift of meaninglessness. So I think...
But there's an excitement there too, like the openness of being, the gift of meaninglessness. So I think...
But there's an excitement there too, like the openness of being, the gift of meaninglessness. So I think...
the reasonable thing for us to do in the light of those arguments we've spoken about is to suspend and be agnostic about belief in god but then have this honest search for finding meaning and moral value like there's a this isn't the kind of notion of the absurd that physicists keep talking about like again this is when
the reasonable thing for us to do in the light of those arguments we've spoken about is to suspend and be agnostic about belief in god but then have this honest search for finding meaning and moral value like there's a this isn't the kind of notion of the absurd that physicists keep talking about like again this is when
the reasonable thing for us to do in the light of those arguments we've spoken about is to suspend and be agnostic about belief in god but then have this honest search for finding meaning and moral value like there's a this isn't the kind of notion of the absurd that physicists keep talking about like again this is when
You know, I won't talk about physics and sometimes the physicists start doing philosophy and you sort of get a little bit frustrated. Like you've probably heard people say things like this, like in comparison to the vast cosmos in which I exist, I feel so small and meaningless. Or comparison to the 13.8 billion years in which I've existed.
You know, I won't talk about physics and sometimes the physicists start doing philosophy and you sort of get a little bit frustrated. Like you've probably heard people say things like this, like in comparison to the vast cosmos in which I exist, I feel so small and meaningless. Or comparison to the 13.8 billion years in which I've existed.
You know, I won't talk about physics and sometimes the physicists start doing philosophy and you sort of get a little bit frustrated. Like you've probably heard people say things like this, like in comparison to the vast cosmos in which I exist, I feel so small and meaningless. Or comparison to the 13.8 billion years in which I've existed.
Like my 70, if I'm lucky, feels like it doesn't really matter. But like... Imagine if you were really big, like the size of the universe. Imagine you live for 13 billion years. It doesn't seem to have any effect on how more meaningful your life is. Your life still lacks that fundamental purpose. It's like how big you are and how long you last.
Like my 70, if I'm lucky, feels like it doesn't really matter. But like... Imagine if you were really big, like the size of the universe. Imagine you live for 13 billion years. It doesn't seem to have any effect on how more meaningful your life is. Your life still lacks that fundamental purpose. It's like how big you are and how long you last.
Like my 70, if I'm lucky, feels like it doesn't really matter. But like... Imagine if you were really big, like the size of the universe. Imagine you live for 13 billion years. It doesn't seem to have any effect on how more meaningful your life is. Your life still lacks that fundamental purpose. It's like how big you are and how long you last.
Same with Dr. Manhattan. Same with the multiverse or like simulation theory, right? I've just been watching this on the flight over here, the Umbrella Academy. I was watching that on the flight.
Same with Dr. Manhattan. Same with the multiverse or like simulation theory, right? I've just been watching this on the flight over here, the Umbrella Academy. I was watching that on the flight.