Is life really meaningless ?
Dwelling on nihilism –fact that life's no meaning is an arduous task.And often times this comes with deep pain and suffering.It is not only so intellectually but also spiritually.Loss of meaning is loss of beauty, perhaps loss of everything.
The deeper question is who becomes a nihilist ?
Is it because someone has suffered a lot ,or is it because we all get bored at sometime of time in life ,so much so that everything feels monotonous and so dreadfully boring .
Consider a case of idealism .Imagine you got your dream job & remained thrilled for even years for it.You got into relationship you wished ,have kids that you wanted ,travelled the places ,I mean imagine ,you soo sooo perfecto life !.
Would you never become bored ?Will life never bore you ?
Well.It will sooner or later . Doesn't it mean all of us are nihilists at some point of time ?
While pondering on Eid ,this year,I was thinking how it has turned just repetitive soul-less mechanical act —year after year.
People's eyes remain locked to screens,the screens, hideous screens I loath .Even screens get boring.
Well,while some relief to nihilism comes from spirituality & nature .It perhaps never bores majority of us to focus our thoughts on God in our daily prayers .Even psychologically our unified & harmonized view of the world brings more relief than fragmented ,foggy & confused world view of nihilism.
Shall I call that panacea ,I don't know but certainly some relief .
All religions furnish answer to why we are here ?
Despite supplying answers ,these are not acceptable to all .
The Quran says,"Do you ,then think,we created you meaningless?"
The Quran says,"Do you ,then think,we created you meaningless?"
The argument from complexity of us as humans,perfectly chiseled organization of universe with all its constants and variables intricately set —renders some force to this argument.
Yet again ,some theoretical physicists ,cosmologists & evolutionary biologists argue otherwise .
The question that one needs to ask here is are these scientific paradigms IDEOLOGIES OR DOGMAS of scientists themselves or that they've really the force of science.
The question that one needs to ask here is are these scientific paradigms IDEOLOGIES OR DOGMAS of scientists themselves or that they've really the force of science.
Again,I see reasons of being a skeptic here ,skeptic to science —due to its jerky U-turns , mixing up of metaphysical commitments of scientists with practical science ,the limitations of science itself.
Thus,one must understand reasons for being skeptic equally apply to science and religion ,and not just RELIGION.Science is based a premise ,a paradigm,a philosophy ,a worldview.That can't be unquestionable ,in the camouflage of glory of applications , revolution & alleviation of sufferings it brought to humanity.
A Penicillin doesn't come alone,nor does a fighting jet craft ,so doesn't AI or its LLMS ,they bring about an ideology of reductionism glory because they have practical applications .
Again this raises the point of TRUTH with capital T ,and scientific truth.Scientific applications are often furnished in otherwise erroneously based premises —that's clear from Philogiston theory of Nitrogen & Appollo missions that had immense applied benefits but we're revised latter.
Thus ,it seems science doesn't have strong foundations to answer metaphysical questions like what's the purpose of life .It seems to have a weak foundation to deal with such questions.
Thus ,it seems science doesn't have strong foundations to answer metaphysical questions like what's the purpose of life .It seems to have a weak foundation to deal with such questions.
Thus ,one reaches a point of agnosticism ....where will it lead ,becomes further choice & wish for inquiry.
I don't make absolute conclusions ,I don't !
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