Is life worth living?

[Lark]

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Life is either worth living or it is not. - Albert Camus

So guys, is that it?

 

[milkyway2]

I've been wondering this for a long long time.....

 

[BMEF]

Life is definitely worth living!

 

[Qre:us]

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Life is either worth living or it is not. - Albert Camus

So guys, is that it?

Life means alive, means living...that's the only worth of life. Living. It's in the definition.

Then, humans get their brains, with weird abstract thoughts and starts to muddle up what 'worth' is/isn't....

 

[Penda]

Dying's not great either.

 

[_Violence_]

Only if your power level is over 9000.

 

[Synapse]

there is a pattern to this that seems universal.

i) we are designed to be social/active, excluded from social activity life sucks.
ii) we are designed to be loved, excluded from love life sucks.
iii) we are designed to have a functioning immune system, when its compromised life sucks.

when the above is positive life is positively inclined and such thoughts are unthinkable, when the above is negative life is negative and such thoughts are thought about. its a stress response to the environment, social and internal system as a balance to the way you experience situational life. the mind body connection.

 

[wildcat]

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Life is either worth living or it is not. - Albert Camus

So guys, is that it?

Camus said only what.
Blake said what and when.

Do not misinterpret.

Check.
And double check.
Emotion is a deceiver.

 

[wildcat]

Life means alive, means living...that's the only worth of life. Living. It's in the definition.

Then, humans get their brains, with weird abstract thoughts and starts to muddle up what 'worth' is/isn't....

You do not need brains to know the answer.
Every plant knows what is what.

Brains did not bring about intelligence.
Intelligence brought about brains.

 

[Risen]

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Life is either worth living or it is not. - Albert Camus

So guys, is that it?

When the alternative is supreme nothingness, then yes, life is almost always worth living. If you're religious/spiritual, then the question becomes more complicated.

 

[Synarch]

Define "worth". Seeing as how eternity is forever, you may as well see how much life you can take and see it through to the end.

 

[Miserable]

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Life is either worth living or it is not. - Albert Camus

So guys, is that it?

I've been wondering this for a long long time.....

Life is definitely worth living!

Life means alive, means living...that's the only worth of life. Living. It's in the definition.

Then, humans get their brains, with weird abstract thoughts and starts to muddle up what 'worth' is/isn't....

Dying's not great either.

Only if your power level is over 9000.

there is a pattern to this that seems universal.

i) we are designed to be social/active, excluded from social activity life sucks.
ii) we are designed to be loved, excluded from love life sucks.
iii) we are designed to have a functioning immune system, when its compromised life sucks.

when the above is positive life is positively inclined and such thoughts are unthinkable, when the above is negative life is negative and such thoughts are thought about. its a stress response to the environment, social and internal system as a balance to the way you experience situational life. the mind body connection.

Define "worth". Seeing as how eternity is forever, you may as well see how much life you can take and see it through to the end.

You do not need brains to know the answer.
Every plant knows what is what.

Brains did not bring about intelligence.
Intelligence brought about brains.

Very good post wildcat, you said it all.

When the alternative is supreme nothingness, then yes, life is almost always worth living. If you're religious/spiritual, then the question becomes more complicated.

Exactly, yes!



That's what INTPs can do!

 

[SillySapienne]

That depends, if you think your life is worth living then I guess it is.

It would be presumptuous to believe that all lives are worth living.

 

[BlackCat]

Uhh... what the hell else are you going to do besides live life? Die?

 

[Miserable]

I think everyone should read wildcats and Risen's posts.

 

[Qre:us]

How deep is one's awareness?

You do not need brains to know the answer.
Every plant knows what is what.

Brains did not bring about intelligence.
Intelligence brought about brains.

To do:
knowing
or
unknowing,
Thy Will...be done.

Live
or
Leave.

To know is to know that you know.
Meta-
cognition
morphosis.

Chicken/Egg.
What came first?
Question: Irrelevant.
Questioning: relevant.
The brain is intelligence;
If you know of it.

 

[teslashock]

Oh god please don't start quoting Descartes.

 

[Qre:us]

Oh god please don't start quoting Descartes.

I think, therefore, I am. What I was trying to say in my earlier post. Thanks!

 

[teslashock]

I think, therefore, I am. What I was trying to say in my earlier post. Thanks!

Too bad a priori logic doesn't always hold much value in the real world. Ti

Descartes was definitely onto something though, and he probably got a lot more done than Camus. However, I don't think Descartes fucked quite as many women...

 

[Sniffles]

Oh god please don't start quoting Descartes.

How about Aristotle instead?

"And life: since, even if no other good were the result of life, it is desirable in itself."