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July 14th, 2015, 04:16 PM
Existential crisis got me again. This is me talking to myself, just on paper (.docx files are now "paper"). Just felt like sharing — I wasn't planning to make this into a discussion, so you may ignore me. But, of course, everyone is very welcome to heavily criticize my "logic".
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Entropy created our universe.
Entropy is what gives us life and what also takes it away. In order for life to exist, something must die.
Evolution itself is the consequence of dynamics enabled by entropy.
Nothing is immortal — nor can it be — hence the idea is rubbish.
Organic life is a product of a chemical reaction produced by inorganic compounds.
Therefore, each individual organic life (a person) is a system. Like a machine. Emotions are like viruses, they are mistakes of the system — the mistakes in cold logic. System without viruses is emotionless — pure logic.
But can inorganic compounds, being a product of entropy, create a life-form without making any mistakes? Can something imperfect create something that is free of errors?
I must think that the answer is “no”.
This means that this is how we ought to be — full of mistakes. But another question arises: is it unnatural to go against our [full of mistakes] system and try not to make “mistakes”?
I say “yes”, but, taking in the consideration that we are the products of entropy, it would be only natural, as we are the antagonists of the original, inorganic, lifeless “world”.
This brings me to a conclusion that we, humans, are both ugly and beautiful creatures in the eyes of nature. Beautiful, because we are all perfect examples of systems — created by entropy — which continue to spread this virus by just merely existing. Ugly, because entropy is against nature.
We are a virus, yes, but the only way to change this would be to instinct. However, the death of one, or all 7 billion, would change nothing.
And this brings me to my most beloved idea — not to create entropy in our minds over things we cannot affect.
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Entropy created our universe.
Entropy is what gives us life and what also takes it away. In order for life to exist, something must die.
Evolution itself is the consequence of dynamics enabled by entropy.
Nothing is immortal — nor can it be — hence the idea is rubbish.
Organic life is a product of a chemical reaction produced by inorganic compounds.
Therefore, each individual organic life (a person) is a system. Like a machine. Emotions are like viruses, they are mistakes of the system — the mistakes in cold logic. System without viruses is emotionless — pure logic.
But can inorganic compounds, being a product of entropy, create a life-form without making any mistakes? Can something imperfect create something that is free of errors?
I must think that the answer is “no”.
This means that this is how we ought to be — full of mistakes. But another question arises: is it unnatural to go against our [full of mistakes] system and try not to make “mistakes”?
I say “yes”, but, taking in the consideration that we are the products of entropy, it would be only natural, as we are the antagonists of the original, inorganic, lifeless “world”.
This brings me to a conclusion that we, humans, are both ugly and beautiful creatures in the eyes of nature. Beautiful, because we are all perfect examples of systems — created by entropy — which continue to spread this virus by just merely existing. Ugly, because entropy is against nature.
We are a virus, yes, but the only way to change this would be to instinct. However, the death of one, or all 7 billion, would change nothing.
And this brings me to my most beloved idea — not to create entropy in our minds over things we cannot affect.