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I like how Japanese in general is very easy to learn to speak and pronounce if you come from a Spanish background. The vowel sounds are identical.
Well, Philosophy isn't necessarily Grim and Depressing. Look at Nietzche and his Ubermensch. That's inspiring if you ask me.
It's funny, because my Philo teacher was a hard core Christian, and she hated Nietzche because his philosophy was very anti-religious and she called him a crazy atheist. So she'd always twist his philosophy to suit her tastes, and I'd call her on her bs, asking her if THAT is what we were supposed to write during the AP exams.
To me, Philosophy is just plain entertaining. I love Descartes and his questions about the fabric of reality, and I LOVE how it ties into modern quantum mechanics and Buddhism.
Anyway, a more serious reply to Kuma's statement.
The purpose of life isn't Death, the purpose of life is to find and give it purpose yourself. Ponder about this for a second, this goes to everyone. Suppose, the hardcore Atheists are right. Suppose that after life, there is LITERALLY NOTHING. You simply cease to exist. No soul, no spirit, no feeling, no memory, NOTHING, not even blackness. Let that sink in and realize what a pants-****ting scary outcome that really is...
To simply cease to exist. Then, what was life all for? What was the point? When you think about it, why do we humans cling to afterlife so dearly? Even before Christianity, we've been telling each other that there is an afterlife. Because, there is nothing scarier to us, than to realize that there is nothing after life. I think that even most Atheists find this realization scary, and to some degree, like to cling to the idea of afterlife on some level. The people that don't, like ABSOLUTELY don't are some truly scary people imo. Because, it is coming to terms with the insignificance of our existence, and such a realization is not only scary, and liberating, but also depressing.
You see, we humans are social beings, because I feel we are constantly trying to disprove this. By having other people acknowledge us, we become embedded in their memories, and thus prove our existence on this planet. Think about it, according to genetics, our purpose is to leave our genetic code in order to leave our mark on this planet, we are programmed to do so. Now, of course, there people who don't have kids, but the majority of them, leave their memetic trace on this planet, their ideas are spread in a memetic way allow humanity to feed off and grow from them, thus becoming eternal. In fact, I argue that leaving a memetic trace is more effective than leaving a genetic trace, but that's a different topic.
Anyway, of course things aren't as simple as that. But if life were about death, then why live? Why not just kill yourself and end it. If you think about it, if life is about Death, then it all is truly pointless. That is the ultimate conclusion of that form of thought. However, it is not. Why? Because we as humans must come to terms with the insiginificance of our existence in the grand scheme of things, and fight to create a trace that we once existed. We must give significance to our otherwise insignificant lives. We must find meaning in life, and ponder on it, and then spread that meaning to others so that they too may learn from what you have lived. Because ultimately, no matter how insignificant your life may be, NO ONE ELSE, EVER, has ever lived what you have lived and are living right now. It's a paradox almost. It is insignificant, but unique, and it is up to you to give it meaning. Imo, that's the meaning of life, to find meaning in life.
Don't listen to the Japanese, they just like their word play.
Oh yeah, on topic, anyone know when Shorts is starting up his new poll?
