Life of Pi

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Bong Lover said:

You are skirting the issue or I am not framing the question clearly enough. In a world where there is nothing except physics and mechanics, why does a concept like 'progress' have any meaning? It doesn't make a difference to the atoms that make up a human if the human is alive or dead. What does gravity care about progress and coexsisiting within a society? In fact, by bringing up these justifications for norms you imply some form of 'supernatural' exsistence (perhaps "unwillingly"?). Why is progress and coexisting desirable and better than death and annihilation? In a mechanical world view there is nothing to place one as better than the other. You can't measure how 'good' something is using physics or math. (For reference, by supernatural I mean something that can't be observed and measured scientifically)

Also, this discussion really has nothing to do with religion even though you keep trying to bring this back to that topic. Religion is just an attempt by humans to frame these 'supernatural' concepts. That people have used it as a tool for thousands of years to divide, control, manipulate and murder other people is tragic, but not really relevant to the question. (Also, I think you'll find that in a world without any form of religion you would still have attrocities).

Finally, I don't think you are getting the full depth of the Life of Pi, and I am sure you feel the same about me. Let me just round out that part of the discussion by saying that I don't see Pi's actions as attrocious, rather quite heroic in all their grusomeness.

Now I fully get your question. My answer: Why not? I exist, I might as well make the best of it. If that's not good enough, you're free to kill yourself. And since I intend to be aroud 'till I naturally die, I aim to make my existence as pleasent as possible (and things like progress and coexisting make that possible). What "supernatural" existence am I "unwillingly" implying?

And since when is murdering someone and eating them a "heroic" act?