alt Hacker NewsI reject the premise that the universe, the earth, and human existence is without purpose. It's one premise among several, and not one I subscribe to.
At least 80% of people agree with me, so I'm not holding to a fringe idea.
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I didn’t say any such thing like the universe has no purpose. Merely that in a scientific sense evolution has no motivation. It is an emergent phenomenon which tends to maximize fitness to reproduce and cannot be said to do anything for a reason. Saying otherwise is just anti-science.
Well yes because just like your earlier point, we can't help but anthropomorphise the world around us.
Just like we see a person in an LLM, it's easy to assume that because we create things with a purpose, that the world around us also has to be that way. But it's just as wrong and arguably far more dangerous.
>At least 80% of people agree with me, so I'm not holding to a fringe idea.
Appeal to majority much?
Do Hindus and Buddhists generally agree there is a purpose? Perhaps too escape suffering and reincarnation? Sounds more like a western theistic view of existence. Like the deity has a plan for everyone's life kind of thing.