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Having taken a break longer than I should’ve, we now return to the “But how?” series of posts that examine how things might work if we stop using religion as a default explanation. Our topic for this evening is “life.” It is admittedly hard to believe that such a thing could come about on [...] December 31st, 2011 | Tags: abiogenesis, beginning of life, life, meaning, propagation of the species, purpose, sapience, soul | Category: But How?, Critical Thinking, Reference, Science & Evolution |
 Leave a commentAnyone who has ever spent time in a discussion about religion and lack thereof, or even about the value of the scientific approach, has come up against the argument of “meaning.” “But if we live in a random, uncaused universe,” comes the plaintive cry, “then life has no meaning.” This is a curious statement. [...] July 24th, 2010 | Tags: bullshit, determinism, hedonism, life the universe and everything, meaning, nihilism, philosophy, predestination, purpose | Category: Critical Thinking, Rants, Reference |
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