Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. amirite?

Oh nothing except for disease, death, world hunger, wars, child abuse, animal abuse... need I go on?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Those are sad aspects that require serious attention. However it isn't the same thing as the concept of life itself being serious.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes, but these things are constantly happening, you could even go as far to say as a series of serious things happening... so if a lot of the aspects of life are serious, then isn't it safe to assume that life in general is a serious matter?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No. There are those who take life seriously, and there are those who don't. Either way you look at it, you'll face serious issues; it's the way you deal with them that defines you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wah? Water is a liquid

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not all the time.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://memegenerator.net/instance/14279480

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well technically water refers to the liquid form of H2O

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Youre being too serious.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You're confusing what humans percieve as serious events, with what would actually be considered serious to a neutral observer

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And what may I ask, is a neutered observer?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Neutral, not neutered

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Answer the question...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'll use a comparison, if you had to describe the life of an ant, you most likely wouldn't describe it as serious. A giant alien probably wouldn't describe human life as serious. Perspective probably would have been a better word to use than neutral.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why does a completely neutered third party have a say in another person's life? And I would describe an ant's life as serious, didn't you see Antz? They're working all the time and if not working then dying... Ants are one of the most work intensive insects. You should have chosen a pig, because the size of the third party is completely irrelevant, I do understand what you are saying, I just don't think that a alien party really has any business telling you what your life is. Now let ME tell YOU a little story of my own, let's say you know an idiot, complete moron, that keeps making the dumbest mistakes (to you) and has a miserable life because of it. You, as the smarter sentient being, tells him that he is a joke and that he is the cause of his own problems and yaddy yaddy yadda. Is it your place to cast judgement on this poor individual? I think not, just like a smarter person wouldn't cast judgement upon you. It's your life to live as you will.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm arguing that the concept of life, when viewed as a hole, appears to have no meaning or seriousness to it. Scientifically, life just groups of atoms that are able to make copies of themselves, and everything it does is to allow it to reproduce. Sure glucose and fats and amino acids are special/ different when compared to something like sodium hydroxide or water, but I wouldn't call them more serious.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes, but that is completely irrelevant... go up to a guy who is starving and explain to him why his problem isn't serious, because it's just a series of atoms colliding, give him a weapon and stand between him and his meal, I'm almost positive that guy will hurt you to get to his meal, then listen to your whole spiel about how life isn't actually serious (as you lay there dying)... when you're suffering, science doesn't matter. Also, using your logic, what's to say life isn't serious? Using your logic, seriousness doesn't even exist. So if it doesn't exist, then how can you argue it's not or it is what never was?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You struggles with existentialism in English class, didn't you?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No....

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If thinking starts with the individual, it's up to the individual to decide what is serious and what is not, no?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Seriousness does exist because it is something we experience as a result of the nerves within our brain interacting with each other chemically. These chemical reactions are what define--scratch that--ARE your thinking. You're looking at seriousness on the individual scale, and obviously those who are caught in a situation where they are living in poor conditions will take their conditions seriously. But if you take a step back, look at the the entire course of human civilization, every human to have lived on this planet, even every animal, insect, bacteria, plant, etc., everything is insignificant. Who is to say that any impact that any of the creatures that have ever lived on earth will amount to anything finite? For all we know, time is infinite, at least on the universal scale (disregarding any beliefs in Big Rip or similar theories), and the sun will go supernova eventually, turning every invention, idea, object, human, and ANYTHING ELSE to have ever existed in the solar system into just another piece of the black hole left in the wake. Thus, life is not significant. Life is not serious. You die. That's it. Sorry.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What are you apologizing for? Because you think you won the argument? Your example is just like the one about ants... it's not our place to say, "Oh they don't live serious lives." Who is this third party that has such authority over everyone? God? Reality is perception and unless you're about to admit to me that there is a perceiving being outside of this universe that is watching us, then you really have no basis for your whole spiel. Also who says significance and seriousness go hand in hand? Whoever is perceiving the event of things may not notice us, but if S/He did see us, then S/He *might* think our lives are serious ones, just like we can study an ant's life and realize it's a serious one.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Indeed. Unless you believe in a objective authority who is actually capable of discerning whether or not life is serious, it's going to be personal, and at that level of individual truth where truth and subjectivity amount to the same thing, seriousness (and significance) come down to what you believe, not on evidence.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/serious?s=t Number 5 and 8: weighty or important; that which is of importance, grave, or critical I was apologizing for bursting any bubble that might exist regarding your believe in some form of an afterlife, but I assume you are not religious? I suppose I was looking at it more in terms of significance than seriousness, though the two dictionary definitions given in the link validate my argument in terms of seriousness to some degree. Personally, I do not believe there is some perceiving being outside of the universe, but that does not mean it is impossible for us to take a step back and take a look at the big picture. Sure, you may experience serious events throughout your lifetime, but that's only because you take life seriously. If you don't, then you won't experience serious events. Thinking about the billions of years that the earth has been in existence and the five billion or so years that it has left (estimate), your life is just a joke in the end due to the simple fact that you thought it was serious. There really is nothing left to say on this; I don't think this is an argument that can be mediated or resolved.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you're sick in the head like me, then this changes nothing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Death.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even death can be entertaining. Ever watch 1000 Ways to Die?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

he specifically said life. death is not life its the opposite

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I see someone gets their philosophies from The Joker.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Dancing though life!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Or that it has a purpose. Philosophically anyways.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

THIS IS WHY I WAS HAPPY! Fuck. Now I just have to get back into this mindset.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Knock knock Who's there? Life There's your evidence

by Anonymous 12 years ago

...Life who?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There is no evidence for the value of human life because value is emotional.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You can't objectively give life the quality of being serious or not serious because interpretations of life are entirely subjective.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Take it seriously anyways cause you're the one privileges sperm who made it to the egg...not.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What is the point of human life? IMO, it's to find your ultimate happiness. But realistically, the only point of living is to produce offspring....which isn't even a proper reason at all.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Depends what you mean by serious, I guess. I think life is something that demands careful thought and application. Whether or not life is 'serious' should be a process of thought, not of evidence.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

life has a serious purpose.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Go on.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

FALSE. Black bears.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well that's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Also, I like chocolate.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I mean, you can't just disregard life boats like that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Or can I...?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

FACT: Bears eat beats. Bears. Beats. Battlestar Galactica. (I saw nobody else was going to finish that line)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, they say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

MICHAEL!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The mere fact that you will die shows life should be taken seriously. But not in the sense you're thinking of, life should be seriously appreciated. Because once your dead, that's it, you're done.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

As far as you know

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm just going off what I know.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then, there is no evidence that life is a joke, either. Life is entirely what an individual living it sees it as. If I see life as serious, then it is serious to me. If I see life as a joke, then it becomes one. Personally, from an ecological standpoint, I would say life is serious: Eat or be eaten, so that you or another organism can live to reproduce. Of course stupid stuff happens, but so do a lot of serious things. it is disputable what counts as "evidence." This POTD is a thought-provoker. Nice.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Life is just one big joke being played on YOU! ha. ha. ha. Got you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What man-kind has done to Life, is make it serious. Take away money, religion, and hierarchy and life would be much less serious. But there is really no way of knowing for sure...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wouldn't life be more serious under those circumstances? Taking away the building blocks of society would make life a constant struggle for survival which is probably a lot more serious than our current constructs.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well let's ponder this: If there was no life, then we wouldn't be talking about it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Simply talking about something doesn't make it serious. You obviously haven't heard the conversations I have with friends.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

life is better without priorities.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This post is for amateur nihilists.

by Anonymous 12 years ago