I hope you don't mind me commenting on this.
| maverick40 said: This is the way I see it. I am a physicist so I probably look at things a bit differently. Basically, I think our only purpose to continue, is to repopulate and continue our race. IMO I think there may not be an afterlife but more so we live our life through our kids when we die, continuing on our bloodline. We further our knowledge of science so we can provide a better and safer life for our kids. Protecting our bloodline and thus continuing and protecting the race of man. This is only my opinion. |
''I am a physicist so I probably look at things a bit differently.''
As far as I'm aware the centre-of-mass of the intelligenzia has been gravitating towards this world view steadily in modern times. This necessitates a mass acceptance of this viewpoint as fact. Fact, in fact, is simply defined as what is commonly agreed upon by a group of experts.
''I think our only purpose to continue, is to repopulate and continue our race''
Here is where a major contradiction arises in the modern, objective man. You claim yourself as an interacting mechanism with this world, and nothing more than the temporary combination of several inter-dependent parts. WHAT therefore could possibly be your motivation for leaving something behind? WHERE does this desire poluted with ignorance come from? Surely a man proud of his intelligence would recognize the extention of himself in his bloodline is nothing more than empty illusion?
''we live our life through our kids when we die, continuing on our bloodline.''
I find absolutely no sense in this statement. What does it mean? Can you quantify this feeling you have or is it simply an impulse caused by random genetic mutations ultimately resulting in a beneficial psychological make-up?
'' I think there may not be an afterlife ''
In so-called respected academic circles - high seats of learning - this is certainly the most prevailent of philosophical attitutes. This has become the norm. Richard Dawkings being applauded on TED for (basically) stating that he's actively against religion must be noted. In all the leading physics and microbiology apartments conversations always follow this belief-system.
''We further our knowledge of science so we can provide a better and safer life for our kids''
We are failing hard then.
''Protecting our bloodline and thus continuing and protecting the race of man.''
There it is again - a blind abondonment of your empiricism for the sake of...? If you die and that's it then there should be absolutely no motivation for you to find solace in any of these mythical elixirs.









