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In reply to the discussion: On Reconciling Atheism and Meaning in the Universe [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)107. Do you realize you're disagreeing with him?
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"...he writes about his hunger for meaning...." We put meaning in the universe...
GodlessBiker
Aug 2012
#1
No. It's simply an attribute of consciousness to create meaning in the world.
GodlessBiker
Aug 2012
#20
But an instinct isn't equivalent to meaning. It's just another background fact which helps create..
GodlessBiker
Aug 2012
#44
We have quite a lot of evidence that we are only nibbling at the edges of how many stars and
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2012
#75
Well, since you're the one claiming waves don't exist unless someone measures them, this is overdue.
rug
Aug 2012
#85
I wasn't personifying nature, simply using vocabulary that is easy to understand.
cleanhippie
Aug 2012
#17
Not exactly sure how you could have possibly gotten that from what he wote... (nt)
eqfan592
Aug 2012
#33
"Are Random Drift and Natural Selection Conceptually Distinct?" - thanks for ...
Jim__
Aug 2012
#114
They're using fucked-up semantics - The word "random" has several different meanings.
bananas
Aug 2012
#125
"directly related to the ways its inherited traits function in the context of its local environment"
FiveGoodMen
Aug 2012
#42
More like atheists don't require the crutch of imaginary imposed meaning by others upon the universe
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2012
#55
I believe that if you transcribed everything about my brain onto a mechanical device
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2012
#57
I don't know whether reincarnation into computers is possible, I'm making an educated guess it's not
cpwm17
Aug 2012
#102
I think I just saw the structure of the universe in the last topic I saw...
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2012
#83