I think that pointlessness is the point........WHAT.............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McT58kjWN
On Apr 1, 8:53 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 Mar, 16:11, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings.. fellow eyers.. now.. i dont have much to offer rite now.. > > but only require some help.. haunted by this strange emptiness..and a > > feeling of void.. without any reason.. it brings me again and again to > > the initial post i posted at mind's...the pointlessness of > > everything.. and the absurdity behind every action.. when the view is > > from a different level..the endless justifications.. a never ending > > chain..where justification for something is found in something outside > > the thing...and justification for that outside it.. it never ends... > > though it is not very articulately put...i hope i make my point > > clear....it somehow makes one think of suicide... (no i am not > > contemplating it)..;-) > > Whilst the point of any given thing may not be obvious, there is, most > certainly, a point to everything. There is a subtle implication in > the concept of the space-time continuum that in order to get from > point A (where we are at any given moment) to point B (the next step > after point A), we must, in fact, make a move. The fact that space > and time are joined and there is a single entity, the continuum, that > contains ALL of space and time is vastly important to your answer. > The problem with giving a specific answer, though, is the fact that > none of us know what 'the end result' is. Whilst it's completely true > to state that the future already exists, we don't know what it is and > have no access to it, so we can only speculate. Yet our ability to > speculate is, invariably, short-sighted, as we lack omniscience and > don't even see all the possibilities. So, whilst it may SEEM to be > pointless at any given time, that is, most likely, down to the fact > that the observer/speclator doesn't know where the universe is > headed. > > If we knew what the 'end game' was, we might be able to more clearly > infer 'the point' of any given situation and how it may relate to that > 'end game'; but, our inability to know the future prevents us from > seeing clearly what the purpose of 'now' is and our lack of > omniscience stands in the way of a full speculation on what may be > possible. > Hopefully, you'll get from this response is that we can know, with > certainty (because of the fact of a space-time continuum) that there > is a point to whatever it is that we are doing, as it is part of the > process that takes us from point A to point B, but we are hindered in, > at least, a couple of ways from seeing/understanding clearly and, I'm > afraid, that simply part of the challenge of life. > > Hope this helps clarify why 'the point' may 'seem' pointless' but, > rest assured, if something has happened (or is happening), then it is > a hard fact that it was (or is) necessary, as there are no unnecessary > events in the space-time continuum. And that is a direct > philosophical implication of Special Relativity -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
