PATREON EXCLUSIVE: What Is The Meaning Of Life?

The notion that your life should serve your biology was like a light switch going on in my head right now as I heard this. I know what I need to do.

I appreciate the video!

Lol.... huge topic(BTW- stick to chicks-LOL) ... it's an ancient topic! --- my 2cents -- key words: carousel, forging ones soul, you get to pick before you come back (how else can you explain poor souls that “never” had a chance) - let alone the drop and the ripple effect in a pond - on souls -- whooa !- where is the Bong? Crack myself up! Two books -- "the road less traveled" and "the life you were born to live"…. Now that I let the secret out of the bag, they will call my number! - LOL

K M

Hi Alexander. I believe we exist here to suffer away our guilt in an imperfect exitance. It has been called many names brahman, the one, absolute infinity, etc and that after you are Done with your time here you will be offered something called grace (it’s a bit ironic I know) I believe that every human that has ever existed on this planet will be offered it after death. Those who accept it will have their desires fulfilled forever and their moral code will then be Universal. In my ”religion” the absolute god is called the absolute magnitude. And it’s about who accepts the offer who is given it not the person who is the most morally good. HMU of you think that it’s an interesting theory

Religion is "just" a childish expression of fundamentally objective and logically sound ethics and morality. It gets much right, but also much wrong, as in any case where strict epistemological and rational concepts are too difficult for the masses and must be simplified for sake of comprehension and retention. Unfortunately, the modern trend of rejecting the bad parts of religion in favor of secularity is a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater (and unfortunatly, in many cases, the bathwater is retained, e.g. the socialist nature of Christianity).

William Mullen

The meaning of life is that all action is taken to increase one's subjective utility, and free-willed action is the sine qua non of human existence. Further, a good amount of that "subjective" utility is actually biologically shared and common to all, e.g. Maslow's Heirarchy, so we can draw generalized inferences from this fact. Namely, that we must build power, from the center, so that we can satisfy first base needs (e.g. resources), and then higher needs (e.g. relationships). Actualization of the center is necessary to unlock all other things further from the center. Thus, the meaning of life is to build one's center to the point where all shared and uniquely subjective desires are acheivable.

William Mullen

I am happy this made a video (maybe should make it official there was no trolling intended haha). Even if your channel is mainly about different topics, I really enjoy hearing your opinions on "deeper" things as well. Mostly because you clearly have given it more thought than most, and I'm hoping/sensing other members might also find this kind of content useful. Thanks again for taking the time to answer, and stepping out of your comfort zone as well :)

Rickard Fors

I was raised in a hyper religious household and even though I left when I was 17 and disavowed most of “religion” over the years, there are elements of faith, god, Jesus, good vs. evil, etc. that are still pretty deeply ingrained in my psyche. And honestly, with the craziness going on - have to admit having them in my mind is comforting. So, I can’t see I agree with everything- but definitely a lot - but I fully admit I simply just don’t know for sure and, especially as I get older, struggle with the “what if” fears. What if my after life is in jeopardy. Is it really so harmful to have faith, to believe in something - a higher meaning - so long as you don’t let it corrupt you like we’ve seen in so many religions. In my 40s and am not even close to working it out in my head 😆 - but I do think you make a ton of great points.

Thanks for sharing Alexander. I personally don't think that there has to be any meaning to life. Simply put, I don't think that we'll ever know if there is any purpose to the existence of everything. So while not knowing, it's still each persons responsibility and privilege to choose how to spend their time. I personally think that it's nicer to spend my time in a way that I won't deeply regret. I've come to the conclusion that the main part of that is living life awake and conscious, in a way that provides variation and where you create and learn. I see life as a train journey - the only difference is that when you arrive, you cease to exist. You can either choose to ride the comfortable high speed train, where you can nod off and watch the landscape fly by, your view only interrupted by the occasional tunnel. Or, you can choose for the old, squeaky tourist train that is slow and loud, but which takes you along some of the most amazing views.

I really liked this take. It isn’t nihilistic at all and really shows a good out look on life. When it comes to thinking about beyond the purpose of life I like to listen to videos about simulation theory especially the idea that even if you left the simulated world you still wouldn’t know if you were in another simulated world. Joe Rogan talking about DMT aliens is cool too. Definitely a 8/10 or higher video.

kail higuchi

What you've described in the beginning and loosely in the rest of it is pretty much what AGnosticism is all about! Alrighty then, AGnosticism is now a new religion with AG as our God!!! I will be his first disciple and his commandments of life follow after the definition of AGnosticism!!!! 🤘😎🤘🔥🔥🔥

Ashwin Srinivas

Well jeez

kail higuchi