Thursday, November 5, 2020

A Moot Point

It is an existential trap to ask what is the meaning of life. That is not the right question. 

The right way to ask the question is to consider why you ask the question in the first place.

In other words, the right question is how do I dispel my ignorance that will in itself solve this existential riddle?

To dispel our ignorance is to make the answer to the question of what is the meaning of life obvious and to render the question itself moot.

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