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Lemmy, what's the meaning, or point if you prefer, of life? I know 42, but I'm serious. Nothing lasts, everything is meaningless - are we just amusing ourselves until death? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm not depressed (at the moment, well maybe a little), just feeling philosophical.

Edit: the idea of this came to me because I was pondering why people fight so hard to beat diseases and live a few more years. What are they planning to do? Why exert effort just to be here longer when you don't have a reason?

Just why?

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

There's no meaning to life. We are an accidental self sustaining chemical reaction that has lasted for billions of years. There's no creator, no higher power, nothing waiting for us when we die.

We're also about to go extinct and are way past the window of being able to save ourselves. You and I are among the last humans that will ever exist.

And IMO that's extremely comforting once you actually internalize it. Focus on making you and the people around you happy in the short time you're here, don't worry about the far future because it doesn't matter.

[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It's a bit ridiculous to me why you'd think that we'd be the last humans to exist. Habitable zones will keep existing after climate change kills 99% of the population. Even full-scale nuclear war will leave most dead, but not all.

The remainder will probably keep reproducing and survive. Even 0.001% of our current population would likely mean humanity would continue.

What else do you think would make humanity 100% extinct?

[–] Eril@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah, we have hard times ahead, and probably a lot of people will die, but I don't see humanity go extinct any time soon.

I recommend to watch "A case for optimism" from Melodysheep , which goes into that a lot more.

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