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Post by garrison on Jun 15, 2024 17:14:09 GMT
Something that struck me as, if nothing else, funny is that experiencing absurdism is kind of like a bell graph. Of course I can only speak for myself, but the absurdism video also alliuded to this a bit. We start off life in ignorance. Blissfully unaware of, or just not acknowledging, the impending doom we're facing. We go about life with a passion. Then one day it hits us like a max capacity truck that felt like reversing a few times. What is the point? Why are we doing any of this? If life has no meaning then why should we go on? But oddly enough, eventually that seems to wrap back around to why not. If life has no meaning, of course I'll keep walking forward. We become blissfully aware of the void approaching us. This is just another example of the human mind being a funny thing. It doesn't quite make sense, but apparently we like it that way.
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Post by Dr. Nemmers on Jun 15, 2024 21:16:00 GMT
Good point, Garrison, and I've found that much of life is about managing the cognitive dissonance of realizing that things are absurd/ meaningless while still continuing to create meaning, and, as you said, walk forward. What motivates people to do anything, beyond survival? Well, I do think inertia is very strong, and that often we do something because it's been done before, or because we're used to it. Often it's a sense of obligation or curiosity. And sometimes it's just because we feel like it, though we can't know why.
Can we think of some examples of dauntlessness through absurdism from our lives?
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Post by dianarmartinez on Jun 16, 2024 23:01:42 GMT
I like your connection to the bell graph.
I have a question. Do you think we have multiple bell graphs in our lifetime? It often seems like we have an existential crisis when we are entering a new phase. I would say that quarter, middle, and late-life existential crises are part of this absurd feeling. I think it is often an existential crisis because from newborns until we have to start really taking control of our own fate, it is when we experience them. Many people in their middle-aged crisis think about making a big purchase to soothe that feeling.
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