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Re:I'm an addict by fipar on Thursday May 19, 2022 @09:30AM (#31434396)
We agree on the meaning then! :) This reminded me of the intro to “A universe from nothing”, where the author says (paraphrasing) “why is there life is the wrong question, but we can try to answer how is there life?”
Re:I'm an addict by seti0Cha on Thursday May 19, 2022 @11:15AM (#31435786)
Can you elaborate on what is meant by "the wrong question"?
Re:I'm an addict by v-erne on Thursday May 19, 2022 @12:07PM (#31436469)
Not OP, but I think I can add my 2c here.

It means (pun intended) that the meaning is not self sustaining term in our reality - there is no absolute meaning outside of our perception. There is only relative meaning (as in what kind of meaning my perception assigns to things that can be observed by me - simply put - we create our own meaning).

It can be simplified further to there is no meaning or the meaning does not exist but in my opinion this is oversimplification and reeks of nihilism.

So if You look at things from the point of view described above the "why" question (which can be paraphrased to "what is the meaning") is wrong.

Re:I'm an addict by fipar on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:14PM (#31437349)
I agree with this answer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31436469

I also wanted to add that it's not that I think it is wrong to ask such questions, only that I think they're wrong when considered from within our system of knowledge, so I find them unanswerable.

Kind of how like "what kind of food does that digital computer like?" is a wrong question.