Asking for the meaning of life is a category error. Meanings are properties of symbols - and life, as far as we know, is not a symbol. So asking for its meaning is like asking for the taste of starlight. To vainly chase the sun's flavor is to ignore the majesty of its radiance.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
this is sophistry. querying the meaning of life is equivalent to querying the purpose of existence
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Replying to @CultofNewMedia
And exactly the same answer can be used for "purpose of existence". It too is a category error for precisely the same reason. See my other responses in this thread for further information.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
more like the same misapplication of semiotics. the fact that language is inadequate to an existential question does not make the question unanswerable
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Replying to @CultofNewMedia
The question is not just unanswerable, but nonsensical. "Meaning of life" presumes life is a symbol. "Purpose of existence" presumes existence has a design. They're the wrong questions.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
reducing an existential question to fit a simplistic semiotic premise is not profundity.
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being right is the point of sophistry. using a symbol to argue that life is not a symbol is exemplary
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Replying to @CultofNewMedia
Using a symbol to argue that using a symbol to argue that life is not a symbol is exemplary is most exemplary of all.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
now I think you're on the right track. linguistically chasing your tail like this leads to enlightenment
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I don't think this has anything to do with what I was saying, but, to each their own.
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