Jack Symes

And you're sort of left like, that's the state for the atheist. And that's... I mentioned that notion of the absurd from Nagel's idea, like, I wish I was bigger and I last longer. And maybe that resonates with a few people. Maybe that's just Thomas Nagel. The real problem of the absurd and the meaninglessness of life for us as agnostics and atheists is,

And you're sort of left like, that's the state for the atheist. And that's... I mentioned that notion of the absurd from Nagel's idea, like, I wish I was bigger and I last longer. And maybe that resonates with a few people. Maybe that's just Thomas Nagel. The real problem of the absurd and the meaninglessness of life for us as agnostics and atheists is,

is we desire or want meaning from the world, but the world sits there cold, dark, and empty. It doesn't respond to us. It's worse than having a parent that doesn't care about you or a partner that doesn't want anything to do with you because at least they're there, right? The world is completely unresponsive in terms of that love and affection.

is we desire or want meaning from the world, but the world sits there cold, dark, and empty. It doesn't respond to us. It's worse than having a parent that doesn't care about you or a partner that doesn't want anything to do with you because at least they're there, right? The world is completely unresponsive in terms of that love and affection.

is we desire or want meaning from the world, but the world sits there cold, dark, and empty. It doesn't respond to us. It's worse than having a parent that doesn't care about you or a partner that doesn't want anything to do with you because at least they're there, right? The world is completely unresponsive in terms of that love and affection.

The universe, we ask for meaning, we ask for purpose, and it doesn't respond. I love this quote from Michael Housecutter from Liverpool, who used to be my head of department. He says, this notion of the absurd rips a hole in our world and threatens to rob us of our sanity. Here be lions and dragons. Here be cold and dark and emptiness.

The universe, we ask for meaning, we ask for purpose, and it doesn't respond. I love this quote from Michael Housecutter from Liverpool, who used to be my head of department. He says, this notion of the absurd rips a hole in our world and threatens to rob us of our sanity. Here be lions and dragons. Here be cold and dark and emptiness.

The universe, we ask for meaning, we ask for purpose, and it doesn't respond. I love this quote from Michael Housecutter from Liverpool, who used to be my head of department. He says, this notion of the absurd rips a hole in our world and threatens to rob us of our sanity. Here be lions and dragons. Here be cold and dark and emptiness.

And you sort of feel that and you go like, all right, that is the hole that's left in us as conscious creatures wanting meaning and value in this seemingly indifferent world.

And you sort of feel that and you go like, all right, that is the hole that's left in us as conscious creatures wanting meaning and value in this seemingly indifferent world.

And you sort of feel that and you go like, all right, that is the hole that's left in us as conscious creatures wanting meaning and value in this seemingly indifferent world.

But that I think is, Camus says that this is why people commit what he calls philosophical suicide. They kid themselves and think that God exists despite the evidence against the hypothesis. They don't want to feel that feeling. Like it's a really uncomfortable feeling. You know, there's three great books by Camus which I highly recommend. One, The Outsider or The Stranger.

But that I think is, Camus says that this is why people commit what he calls philosophical suicide. They kid themselves and think that God exists despite the evidence against the hypothesis. They don't want to feel that feeling. Like it's a really uncomfortable feeling. You know, there's three great books by Camus which I highly recommend. One, The Outsider or The Stranger.

But that I think is, Camus says that this is why people commit what he calls philosophical suicide. They kid themselves and think that God exists despite the evidence against the hypothesis. They don't want to feel that feeling. Like it's a really uncomfortable feeling. You know, there's three great books by Camus which I highly recommend. One, The Outsider or The Stranger.

A lot of high school students read this book. And the main character starts off, his mom just dies, and he doesn't care. And then he goes to the beach and just shoots some random guy, and he doesn't care. And then he's put on death row and he dies, and he still doesn't care. And you're reading it as the reader, like, what's wrong with this guy? But he's mirroring the world's indifference.

A lot of high school students read this book. And the main character starts off, his mom just dies, and he doesn't care. And then he goes to the beach and just shoots some random guy, and he doesn't care. And then he's put on death row and he dies, and he still doesn't care. And you're reading it as the reader, like, what's wrong with this guy? But he's mirroring the world's indifference.

A lot of high school students read this book. And the main character starts off, his mom just dies, and he doesn't care. And then he goes to the beach and just shoots some random guy, and he doesn't care. And then he's put on death row and he dies, and he still doesn't care. And you're reading it as the reader, like, what's wrong with this guy? But he's mirroring the world's indifference.

That's what it is to accept the meaninglessness of the world. In one of his next books, The Fall, the characters trying to find meaning or better put, trying to find someone to take the place of God that can forgive them of their sins. Again, I think this is a huge problem for agnostics and atheists. When we do something that's bad, we don't have this omnipotent, all-forgiving father figure

That's what it is to accept the meaninglessness of the world. In one of his next books, The Fall, the characters trying to find meaning or better put, trying to find someone to take the place of God that can forgive them of their sins. Again, I think this is a huge problem for agnostics and atheists. When we do something that's bad, we don't have this omnipotent, all-forgiving father figure

That's what it is to accept the meaninglessness of the world. In one of his next books, The Fall, the characters trying to find meaning or better put, trying to find someone to take the place of God that can forgive them of their sins. Again, I think this is a huge problem for agnostics and atheists. When we do something that's bad, we don't have this omnipotent, all-forgiving father figure