What is the meaning of life?
Don't try to answer this. It rests upon a prior assumption, namely that there is one and only one meaning.
Let us first ask: Is there at least one meaning of life?
After that we are on good ground to pose the second question if, that is, the first answer is "yes".
But for me, the answer to the prior question is both no and yes. Let me explain.
For me, the bare answer is no!
Meaning is ascribed to things by human beings. So there is no meaning inherent in life in and of itself. That is the "no" answer.
But I also maintain that each human being is able to ascribe meaning in answer to the heading question. And that chosen meaning can change from time to time for the same person. So also lots of "yes" answers.
So for me the original question is either ill-formed and consequently meaningless (sic) or the original question has a legion, a multitude, a veritable plethora of answers.
So I don't ask it any more.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
If the guilty party does not own up ...
... the whole school will be kept in.
So it started here - punish the many innocent because of the 1 or 2 guilty.
And so, what some people learn in school they take into their adult life. And some become law- and rule-makers for the rest of us.
Soon, you will not be able to get beer in a glass in an aussie pub. For a tiny number of people, you see, the glass become a weapon. So to prevent this - no one can have glass.
If you are not a beer drinker, or if you have destroyed your taste buds with excessive and indiscriminate consumption, you might think that there is no difference in taste between beer in glass and beer in specifically engineered plastic.
There is.
And has anyone paid attention at all to the research that shows traces of polymers in liquid that is kept in plastic containers?
So - I guess we get take-away and drink at home out of glasses.
Well, if this was the only example of punish the innocent on account of the guilty we might just say ho hum and move on. But it isn't. I am sure you can provide your own examples, whether you support the principle or not.
So much for democracy. So much for 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few'.
I look forward to the next eample....
For pity's sake, Scotty - beam me up.
So it started here - punish the many innocent because of the 1 or 2 guilty.
And so, what some people learn in school they take into their adult life. And some become law- and rule-makers for the rest of us.
Soon, you will not be able to get beer in a glass in an aussie pub. For a tiny number of people, you see, the glass become a weapon. So to prevent this - no one can have glass.
If you are not a beer drinker, or if you have destroyed your taste buds with excessive and indiscriminate consumption, you might think that there is no difference in taste between beer in glass and beer in specifically engineered plastic.
There is.
And has anyone paid attention at all to the research that shows traces of polymers in liquid that is kept in plastic containers?
So - I guess we get take-away and drink at home out of glasses.
Well, if this was the only example of punish the innocent on account of the guilty we might just say ho hum and move on. But it isn't. I am sure you can provide your own examples, whether you support the principle or not.
So much for democracy. So much for 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few'.
I look forward to the next eample....
For pity's sake, Scotty - beam me up.
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