"People give different meanings to their lives'
is not really countered by
'A consensus on the meaning of words exists'
@EveKeneinan
You are still missing the point. Everything that is meaningful to me is meaningful to other humans. But not all.
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Eve was arguing that giving ourselves meaning is fake in comparison to some ultimate meaning of the universe.
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Universe doesn't care if one species of ape procreates. It has no brain. It has no meaning. That species cares.
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That I choose my life to be about motherhood, history, dogs,literature whilst someone else chooses none of those...
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...is all that was meant by deciding our own lives meaning. You agree that these are meaningful? You agree w me.
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