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?

  • Ibuthyr@feddit.org
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    4 days ago

    Procreation and survival. That’s what all living beings have as an instinct and that’s the only meaning behind it. It’s merely a mechanism to prevail and improve.

    • Hyacin (He/Him)@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      This.

      I realize not everyone wants to procreate, especially in this day and age, but that is a function of our advanced and overdeveloped brains. All, if not the extremely vast majority of life on Earth clearly illustrates that this is it. What we do in the in-between is neither here nor there. This of course is from a purely biological standpoint. Add any spirituality or religion into the mix and it’s a whole other ball of wax.