Is life meaningless? And other absurd questions - Nina Medvinskaya

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Dive into Albert Camus’ philosophy of the absurd, and explore the question: if the world is meaningless, could our lives still hold value?
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Albert Camus grew up surrounded by violence. His homeland of Algeria was mired in conflict. He lost his father in World War I. Seeing World War II's devastation, Camus grew despondent. What was the meaning behind all this endless bloodshed and suffering? And if the world was meaningless, could our individual lives still hold value? Nina Medvinskaya explores Camus’ philosophy of the absurd.
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Комментарии : 5 тыс.

@fulichak6499 3 года назад

"Everyone is quoting something." -Me

@benxgoh 3 года назад

lol irl

@kinatoli8343 3 года назад

What a paradox

@robertimmanuel577 3 года назад

So?

@Tiffany-ov2jf 3 года назад

@@robertimmanuel577 So?

@17Watman 3 года назад

Ben Goh so profound

@shen-qf9mc 3 года назад

“Why are the TED-ED comment sections suddenly filled with quotes?” - me

@adityabhadange1631 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@cokhiduykhuong5494 3 года назад

True! I'll give one, too!!

@MayankRamnani1802 3 года назад

😂😂

@jozmit6640 3 года назад

“I don’t know” -me

@droson8712 3 года назад

i don't even think it's a bad thing, but it's unoriginal and repetitive.

@humane123 2 года назад

I like that everyone is joking with these funny quotes in the comments section of a video on such a deep philosophical concept. I think this is what makes us human. We all understood that if we start asking these philosophical questions, it will lead to despair. So we get on with our jokes and try to laugh whenever we can in this cruel and harsh world.

@gnap6051 2 года назад

Our coping mechanism.

@imaginenation5158 2 года назад

Wubba lubba dub dub

@mrtada8101 2 года назад

Religion be like:

@MegaNightmare4 2 года назад

It's the opposite. It's the despair itself that is so inherently absurd, and therefore funny.

@GraveUypo 2 года назад

that depends, i think it's beautiful that life doesn't have inherent meaning. i wouldn't have it any other way. a robot has a purpose, living beings do not, and that's what set us apart.

@takemehome.9729 3 года назад

"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience." ― Frank Herbert, Dune

@cypher1133 2 года назад

this one felt kinda good when i read it.

@Ydv_Saurabh26 2 года назад

A process that can not be understood by stopping it.

@mozex-000 Год назад

What if we forgot what we experienced later?

@DSAK55 Год назад

You can't handle Reality

@incognito9292 2 месяца назад

And it sucks

@nitrogenjutsu5178 3 года назад

I live for two reasons 1. I was born 2. I haven't died yet

@ajdg6509 3 года назад

They died for one reason. Life is unfair.

@ilovememes3919 3 года назад

@@ajdg6509 yes

@vikkytube1 3 года назад

this comment will not make you a genius. you will not be regarded as anything extraordinary. this comment is futile. how do you like them now, apples

@flamingaish 3 года назад

This is good!

@iiCounted2134 3 года назад

yes

@thomasackerman6415 3 года назад

“If nothing in life matters, then it shouldn’t matter that nothing matters.” -some guy I saw in a RU-vid comments section one time

@alfredomaletti8346 3 года назад

Infact it didn't matters

@mergalmamavoir8715 3 года назад

But does it truely matter?

@floriath 3 года назад

Is not that existentialism?

@yaninavelin1277 3 года назад

Whoaa

@chandramohan_sonder 3 года назад

Congratulations, We Played Ourselves!

@mincao8003 3 года назад

3:00 the animation of the jumping off cliff suicide act is HILARIOUS! And it fits the narrative soooo well! For such a grim topic, I laughed my heart out and learned the lesson so well. Job well done, TED-Ed animators!

@verityv5284 Год назад

Why do you laugh at suicide? It is no easy decision and someone must have been really feeling hopeless and helpless when he/she commits suicide

@niharikathakur9729 Год назад

@@verityv5284 she is not laughing at the idea of suicide. She is laughing at the animation and i can say that animation was actually funny. Watch at 3:00.

@notdumbrella6399 2 года назад

Ironically, when you think back on his life, it turns out not to be meaningless. His ideas feel motivating. The fact that his ideas and works affect people till now give his life meaning.

@samuelcharles7642 11 месяцев назад

Still inherently meaningless

@Andrew_alxf21 8 месяцев назад

Albert Camus, Henry David Thoreau, and Diogenes basically living their own philosophy

@mstech-gamingandmore1827 7 месяцев назад

It only has meaning to those that believe it has meaning in them

@S_-- 7 месяцев назад

@@samuelcharles7642nothing is inherent in the world. Why would meaning be inherent?

@samuelcharles7642 7 месяцев назад

@@S_-- it wouldn’t be

@hahanamegobrrr6667 3 года назад

*I do not know who I am* *I don't know why I'm here* *_All I know is that I must get a passing grade_*

@yoso585 3 года назад

Oh, you must you say?

@harsh9558 3 года назад

School!! Lol.

@siddharthashukla1334 3 года назад

@astigmatisme you are the cause of something big

@starsintrash9218 3 года назад

sums up my totally meaningful life

@aparna5868 3 года назад

Looking back though, grades never mattered. 😆

@cardquest2118 3 года назад

It’s not that life is meaningless, it’s that “meaning” is meaningless. ...Some might even go so far as to call it absurd.

@yoso585 3 года назад

Now that’s just mean ;)

@Username-wk7ni 3 года назад

@@yoso585 I get what you mean

@cardquest2118 3 года назад

Yoso lol nice! I tip my hat to you*

@appleslover 3 года назад

The meaning of mean started to mean Something else

@shemv_fnk 3 года назад

Nice 👍🏾

@ajahnpadawan8812 Год назад

One of the most absurd things about life is how many people and familial generations live and repeat the same identikit formulaic lives (school/college/job/marriage/pet/kids), holding the same beliefs, and consider it to be meaningful without any self questioning. They’re not even close to leading conscious lives.

@billcipher3946 Год назад

It’s funny isn’t? Like right now I feel numb & burned out from American holidays feels pointless lol.

@avivastudios2311 Год назад

So by doing things like a normal person we're not being conscious? That's weird.

@dav08 Год назад

@@avivastudios2311 Being normal is pointless

@sightfield1132 Год назад

As much as I hate to say it, but that's the real matrix, we can view it either as a bad thing and a good thing at the same time. For civilization, this system assures us as collective beings to survive, but individually speaking it prevents us to reach our true limit. Like, not all of us are smart and got any clue about what to do and what not to do next, those people are saved by the system. On the other hand, there are those who become way too unsure than they need to because the system tells them to do exactly as they said. To me it's not absurdity at all, it all makes sense. But do I pity them ? Yes I do. Why ? well call me an optimistic Nihilist, to fully take advantage that life is meaningless is to treat life as a literal blank canvas that you can do anything you like and face the consequences of your own actions. That's true freedom, things that not all people have.

@lifeonahighway9700 Год назад

you guys wanna be different so bad

@chone469 2 года назад

"If you forgot something, it probably wasn't important" - Some guy

@lilyjay8530 2 года назад

jkdjfjid this is legit what my teacher said to me when i forgot what i was abt to ask him

@keshavagarwal7895 2 года назад

Charlie Harper (Two And A Half Man)

@NoCommonMeasure 2 года назад

mhmm mhmm ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a3u0kpvwYbc.html

@spencerbrown3875 3 дня назад

"Yeah you're right." -The other guy

@peryoudoh382 3 года назад

“But choosing to live regardless is the deepest expression of genuine freedom”, that is beautiful.

@guillemvidal1958 3 года назад

Yet nonsensical

@noahkarpinski1824 3 года назад

@@guillemvidal1958 Of course. But choosing to live even when you don't have an outside force that justifies doing so means that you feel your own internal search of joy and meaning is enough to keep living. Absurdism is a phisophy that truly celebrates what makes humans special

@guillemvidal1958 3 года назад

@@noahkarpinski1824 What makes humans special is the intelligence, absurdism is the epitome of lack of thought. It's the abandon of contemplation to be able to pursue that of which appears to be meaningful, and produces an effect of joy similar or equal to what's really meaningful.

@pranjalsharma6827 3 года назад

@@guillemvidal1958 I don't take his philosophy as lack of thought rather inspirational.

@guillemvidal1958 3 года назад

@@pranjalsharma6827 How you take it, it's not how it is. Something absurd gives no logical reason of being, hence, lack of thought.

@junaid-anjum 3 года назад

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus

@JustAnotherRandomGuy-_- 3 года назад

Not applicable in Philippines. 😂

@Fullyautomagic 3 года назад

Or worse

@existing000 3 года назад

@Dylan ALERT ALERT WE HAVE THE NEXT DEBBY DOWNER IN SNL SOMEONE HIRE THEM-

@Benni777 3 года назад

Date On Scoot or China! 😂😂

@appleslover 3 года назад

Meaningless

@lunatism9714 2 года назад

I've come to a conclusion: Questioning life is useless. There is no answer and even if there is, what difference would that make

@jonharkins1719 6 месяцев назад

Intellectual equivalent of plugging your ears and going lalalallalal

@rhendellsigwaben2286 4 месяца назад

Dang I needed this

@shubhampaul4664 2 года назад

me: already having an existential dread. ted-ed: is life meaningless? let me get some more panicky.

@shahidajnur 3 года назад

Damn Ted-Ed is here making me question life on a school night

@caitlinhopkins9729 3 года назад

Shahida J. Nur 😭 ikr

@beastybacon199 3 года назад

What’s new

@johnnybecerra2647 3 года назад

You know something? Life isn't meaningless. There IS a purpose for this Earth and humanity, but it isn't what we see today. It has been promised for the nearby future. Check out jw.org for more details 😊 www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/wp20121101/purpose-of-life/

@Bald_and_Brown 3 года назад

Shahida J. Nur I know right? It’s obviously a weekend activity.

@TheDoomWizard 3 года назад

Watch my channel too :)

@cliffsousa4184 3 года назад

"I don't know sh*t but I can copy paste quotes from Google" - Cliff.

@unable3434 3 года назад

"HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ' - A HUMAN

@jarvis3642 3 года назад

that's also copy paste

@anuragdeshpande4915 3 года назад

You gained a new sub

@UltimateEntity 3 года назад

You are not real

@UltimateEntity 3 года назад

I am not real

@mcr0741 2 года назад

To find meaning, you've got to find love, passion, for something, for anything. You've got to find purpose. If you can't find those things, then make it your purpose to find them. Unfortunately many people find neither of them in life, but by deciding not to live, they end the only change that they've got.

@espio87 Год назад

As someone who stared into the deep abyss of despair and considered ending it all a couple of times in my life, I am grateful I didn't go through with it. My life philosophy has matured over the years and nowadays I think it would be classified as a mixture between classical nihilism and Camus's take on existentialism. Against the universe's indifference and lack of meaning I choose to live my life as a middle finger to entropy itself. Even if nothing we will do will remain life itself took a gamble and went through with it. And if life itself lacks meaning that just means we're given free rein to give it one. All things strive!

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

@shubhananawasthi5115 3 года назад

Woah!thats deep

@PedroHLima12 3 года назад

And that's why faith in the Christian God is such an important thing in Kierkegaard's philosophy. Everything came from Him, and to Him we are going, so our supreme meaning is to be in touch with God through the only Saviour, Christ. By obedient and dependent faith we see God's goodness, looking backwards, and may proceed with hope, looking forward. But looking to our present moment seems rather absurd, for we will only understand each day as we see it in the larger picture of God being glorified in our lives, if we live to Him. Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling is a great work, even if somewhat hard to understand, in this topic.

@Zemlya01 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dhQqxOXZQM4.html

@mrblackmamba117 3 года назад

@@PedroHLima12 oh cmon. Stop promoting Christianity here. You do realize Ted-ed has followers from everywhere in the world?

@theuncoolbateman3732 3 года назад

I found you in Dhruv Rathee and akash banerjee videos

@saniyagupta8788 3 года назад

“My grades won’t come with me to my grave but they’ll take me there” -Le Students

@Strongify03017 2 года назад

That's cooooooollll Did you just invent that quote qwq

@crazzy5856 2 года назад

Only a middle class Indian can understand this feeling 🥺

@Aihoshino24 2 года назад

@@crazzy5856 yeah so much pressure

@mikan2879 2 года назад

Learn not just memorize. Live wisely.

@justtrip7554 2 года назад

more like asian student

@danziker 2 года назад

If existence has no meaning, in the great or the small landscape, then the greatest show of rebellion against the absurdity of it is to choose to live embracing every experience and making your own purpose in life. Against the void, even if it will win at the end, we make our stand.

@837haja Год назад

Very good take. But maybe there is an explanation.

@catballs-emgg 27 дней назад

@@837haja that's what makes us miserable, there must be an explanation, otherwise nothing would be at existence. maybe our punishment is we cannot have the explanation, and we cannot even be at peace upon the realisation that we will never get an explanation, and also that we cannot comprehend there being an explanation, despite knowing there has to be one

@reesenaiyah311 2 года назад

Nobody else can decide what the meaning of life is, unless it's for themselves. Nobody can tell you what the meaning of life is, because you have to find that out for yourself. Whatever conclusion you come to is absolutely true. Whether its completely nihilistic or religious, that's the answer. That's the truth. Sure, you can be influenced by somebody elses answer. That's different than completely obeying it just because they said so/the majority says so, you know what I mean? Its seriously difficult for me to put this into words.

@rebeka7206 2 года назад

noo you did a good job, i felt that with my core

@shreyxzala Год назад

It's better

@justanothermortal1373 3 года назад

"You're not you when you're hungry" -Snickers

@dynanananaay8774 3 года назад

🤣🤣

@AmanSingh-bt1rx 2 года назад

😎😂😂😂😂

@Raulv212 2 года назад

Very inspiring thanks 🙏🏽

@justanothermortal1373 2 года назад

@@Raulv212 I'm glad to have enlightened you ✊

@jejo4911 2 года назад

😂😂

@nooblifter390 2 года назад

Life has no meaning but no one wants to lose it. - Itachi Ucchiha

@takamak4502 2 года назад

I like the thought that maybe the cycle of love has to be written by us all, by living our own life.

@haroldgo3094 2 года назад

Wow. Indeed.

@gbm6882 3 года назад

Existentialist: There's no point to life, we are but Sisyphus in a futile struggle Absurdist: Yeah but you can do it with style

@drjp4212 2 года назад

On individual level, yes, but on collective level, you’re life is not useless, as you’re a link from previous to next generations (if you have children, ofc)

@kiaaa7330 2 года назад

@@lemonboy2295 hope you had a good night's sleep

@ganeshsoni2614 2 года назад

Your name almost gave me a heartattack 🤯🤯 38 years ago🤯🤯🤯

@Raulv212 2 года назад

@@lemonboy2295 hey man

@abisek.e7636 2 года назад

@@drjp4212 so you're saying having children gives meaning or is useful to society? either way, that could happen even without him, as many others would anticipate having children, obviously if everyone followed the ideals of meaninglessness, then there will be no world but the thing about the world is there will always be someone who is in opposite here an activist or people who didn't even think about this I hope you understand if you didn't just reply again to me (this applies to anyone seeing this), I will elabarote

@thomasfieschi-rose3705 3 года назад

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." -Albert Camus

@Obsrange5176 Год назад

Been seeing so many of this Albert guy's quotes. He sounds like a sigma male icl

@the_luggage 2 года назад

This is one of the most well-written videos I've ever watched. Camus’ philosophy is so inspiring.

@Sirrajj 2 года назад

Live a life that's worthwhile for you & others, it doesn't has to be meaningful. Just be happy and be helpful to others as long as you live.

@scaredidiot6690 3 года назад

My shower thought has been answered

@anshsehrawat2628 3 года назад

Don't take showers, it's meaningless.

@GabenC 3 года назад

666 likes nice

@Aditi-eq1um 3 года назад

So what's the answer??

@atrocity7 3 года назад

Life is meaningless: *sweats profusely You can create your own meaning: *breathes a sigh of relief That meaning is meaningless: *breaks down in the corner

@ananyabaghel8350 2 года назад

let me process

@hardikb15 2 года назад

wait you are not supposed to be questioning life... you should be questioning equality ayanokouji

@kavya4427 2 года назад

istfg I relate to this sm... it almost has been keeping me awake at night and thinking but I just can't find an answer

@MoskusMoskiferus1611 2 года назад

Sometimes the meaningless meaning actually has a meaning

@eureka5635 2 года назад

If there was an inherent meaning, what would give it meaning in the first place? Is an inherent meaning really at all meaningful? Would it give anyone contentment if a meaning was just assigned to you? Ugh.

@ira6133 2 года назад

I believe "meaning" is a projection of human mind and it only exists there. Life itself doesn't have to have a meaning. In fact life is chaotic and it happens pretty much randomly. Its hard for us to understand, but human mind is still evolving and maybe one day we will be able to not seek for the meaning or purpose, see life as it is and accept it.

@noexcuse759 6 месяцев назад

Or it could be the other way around , that it may have a meaning that we aren't evolved yet to understand.

@DeusShaggy 11 месяцев назад

Life, your personal universe, is totally contingent on your personal perspective. Life is a story you tell yourself, nothing more, nothing less.

@guacamolelover454 3 года назад

"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." -Stanly Kubric

@chrisalldridge9378 3 года назад

I feel that if he had used "deep" instead of "dark", the alliteration would have made this quote even better. Brilliant nonetheless!

@guacamolelover454 3 года назад

@@chrisalldridge9378 you mean instead of vast?

@chrisalldridge9378 3 года назад

@@guacamolelover454 I do yes, whoops!

@patrickdizon8585 3 года назад

"I'm not living, I'm just killing time." -Thom Yorke

@dentdedragon 3 года назад

We must kill time before time kills us

@greenb1034 3 года назад

That is just what life is

@nikhildeshmukh6851 3 года назад

Eat, sleep and repeat.

@FadhilAsyrafi 3 года назад

"Your tiny hands. Your crazy kitten smile."

@asht2058 3 года назад

@Chihiro which anime character is in your profile pic?

@georgiadioneda4057 2 года назад

I love this content! Also, the voice over for this video is very engaging, it fits perfectly.

@Nikita-ll8yd 2 года назад

I love the choice of words used in this. Beautiful.

@anshjain9186 3 года назад

Scrolling down further is meaningless, don't waste your time.

@sensiblewheels 3 года назад

Haha 😂 Thanks

@emilia1911 3 года назад

Thank you, I needed that

@onikin 3 года назад

I regret scrolling at all now

@natr6816 3 года назад

Thank you!

@anshjain444 3 года назад

I found myself lol😂

@steveshafft65 3 года назад

“Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody’s going to die. Come watch TV.” -Morty Smith

@carliejung8408 3 года назад

Hahahahahahahahhaa

@flamingaish 3 года назад

Good

@techsupport7273 3 года назад

I think this means nothing matters so let's just enjoy life? Please enlighten me.

@shadowblade8750 3 года назад

It would be funny if he had a scientist crazy grandpa

@kalakritistudios 3 года назад

"Sheldon, it's not 'What (even) is the point?!' but 'What is the point?🌸'"

@phi10 11 месяцев назад

Funny, when I was searching for Camus some time ago I hadn't found this video. But now YT suggested it by accident. This platform is kinda broken... This explaination is awesome. Simple and straight on the point.

@bounce9434 2 года назад

I clicked here just to say that you give it meaning. You decide if your life “has meaning” or not. To me, life has meaning, (though defining it here would be very difficult) even if it appears to not. You’re here for a reason. You’re here to survive.

@kimi9572 3 года назад

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus

@willson6254 3 года назад

Attack on titan summed up in 1 sentence

@ChrisJones-rd4wb 3 года назад

"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves." - Alan Watts

@ChrisJones-rd4wb Год назад

@El Ángel Caído That's not the sick burn, and that's not something to be proud of. That's just a statement of your refusal to live your life. That's a statement of immense sadness. I hope you find the light some day brother.

@huh-ih5wq 9 месяцев назад

@@willson6254 for real

@bigboy4407 3 года назад

“Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa” -Michael Jordan

@anhbayar11 3 года назад

Wise words.

@karthikkanapuram3698 3 года назад

Words of the wise

@kunalkatariya3046 3 года назад

Absurd 😂

@neon_sd 3 года назад

actually its Jamal who said that but ok

@honhonhonhon8110 3 года назад

omg so true

@hahdhsjsjrkfn 6 месяцев назад

Wow, this video is really enlightening. I love the explanation for the problems that we humans face everyday.

@Amani_Rose 2 года назад

So wierd how I was actually feeling so down yesterday because of this and RU-vid recommends me this. Helped kind of,

@matthewsaints350 3 года назад

"I wish I had something smart to say" - Me

@jeromemarchan1046 3 года назад

You've just said it...:)

@whenthe531 3 года назад

@@jeromemarchan1046 or did he?

@dynanananaay8774 3 года назад

😂😂

@yatooxx9316 3 года назад

Damn thats so smart ...

@angelcbaby2000 2 года назад

🤣

@hemutitu1870 3 года назад

Everybody is writing philosophical quotes, so...... "Every time I open my eyes, I see. "

@annmarie.j 3 года назад

This could be philosophical if you were blind

@jemrimpillo8017 3 года назад

r/im14andthisisdeep

@nguyenthichien3011 9 месяцев назад

"This world is cruel, yet so beautiful" - Mikasa Ackerman

@RaunakRai99 10 дней назад

(hajime isayama)

@iconofsin7524 Год назад

This existence is painful. I hate every second 😭

@amanumin7201 Год назад

Life is test, read this book.. Yusof Ali Quran English translation

@theducksarecoming 3 месяца назад

skill issue

@Lilyium 3 года назад

I find that whenever I'm in my depressive state I start questioning the whole purpose of life but when I'm back to normal, all the happiness I feel gives reason to life itself.

@Warlord_Megatron 2 года назад

Happiness for 2 minutes and sufferings for a week. Ah yes, it's is a smart move to bear sufferings for most of ur life to live 2 minutes happily.

@martpepkin472 2 года назад

@@Warlord_Megatron That's not the case for most people. If it is for you, seek help.You might have depression

@Warlord_Megatron 2 года назад

@@martpepkin472 It sure is.

@martpepkin472 2 года назад

@@Warlord_Megatron It sure is not.

@candylide 2 года назад

@@Warlord_Megatron That's not normal, are you okay? Normally my depresive episodes last 3 days at most, but they used to last months, there is not a only way to have depression Life can be worth it, specially if you know it gets better But yeah, don't talk about someone's life when you have no idea, implying that the best option is to stop living If you CAN relate to the lifestyle you said, ask for help, that's not normal

@ohheyimjulez9690 3 года назад

_"The only thing I feel when I pull the trigger is the recoil."_ -Meursault

@gatikgoyal8682 3 года назад

LMFAO

@UltimateEntity 3 года назад

Yess lol

@alexw6279 2 года назад

nokk

@therandomnomad435 2 года назад

Simo Hayha

@hey_aniket 2 года назад

Deep!

@abuhuraira7228 2 года назад

I love how the questions in my mind are already thought upon and has answers that are relative. Some believe in one thing and others on something else. But there is one question that taunts me," why is it that we have so many things to do and we just want to do them but the time feels short and we aren't able to do that. No matter how much efficient you become the time will still feel short."

@tm7171 Год назад

"I don't wanna die, sometimes wish I'd never been born at all" -Freddie Mercury

@blanets 3 года назад

"... but choosing to live regardless is the deepest expression of our genuine freedom." Thank you for that wonderful thought.

@AnnoyingMoose 3 года назад

“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?” ― C.S. Lewis

@puwengong5260 3 года назад

AnnoyingMoose If he want to find God, why not find the ability to save lives?

@rajashashankgutta4334 3 года назад

We judge people not by comparison but by our own sense of just and unjust.

@vulxonite1404 3 года назад

@@rajashashankgutta4334 And how exactly might one come to develop such sense of what is just vs unjust in the first place? And by extension: how could anyone know what light, heat, and roughness are without direct experience of what is dark, cold, or smooth by contrast? If not for the experience/conception of both sides, neither one could exist at all. This idea of duality-neatly embodied by the concept of Yin & Yang-is present in anything that can be prescribed an opposite.

@amritag982 3 года назад

@@vulxonite1404 .

@alis7135 3 года назад

That is amazing. Because in Islam, we believe that the reason we were put in this planet is because as souls in the Ahira we wanted to take this "test" that even if we forgot all about it, we would somehow find our way back to God (Allah) But in order to do so, our memories were reset. So that whenever someone says "It's not fair, I never asked to be put in this world" they can't ACTUALLY make that claim. If you are an atheist or believe in any other religion, please no hate ok? We have to respect each other. Hehe :)

@aranea04 2 года назад

"Certainty isn't uncertain, but uncertainty is definitely certain" ~Me

@jojoska77 Год назад

i am just tired... tired to survive everyday, day by day just to survive... so tired

@user-ee3zq7mp4x Год назад

I am too😭😭

@oscarlundberg7462 3 года назад

Meaningless is such a strong word. "Open ended", now that one's more fitting!

@JacobRy 3 года назад

but, objectively, it has no "meaning." You can't personify the universe, therefore you can't expect to be born with meaning. You may have goals, but there's no objective existential meaning.

@oscarlundberg7462 3 года назад

@@JacobRy indeed, open ended! You decide what the endgoal is.

@rogbrogb7537 3 года назад

There may be no reason or justification for life in the universe, but since we're here, we can CREATE meaning from making a more humane path to our eventual oblivion.

@JacobRy 3 года назад

@@oscarlundberg7462 if thats what you meant, then yes

@marsdriver2501 3 года назад

@Colin Berg bruh

@dxpawn 3 года назад

People: depressed TED-Ed: Is life meaningless?

@commentsanitizer7929 3 года назад

Same

@Sajid_A829 3 года назад

wow, this is cringe

@prehistoricorchid3455 3 года назад

Fr tho

@metalizedLV 3 года назад

Me: yes life is meaningless

@kane_._ 3 года назад

🤬🤬🤬

@noexcuse759 6 месяцев назад

In my highest belief I think there is a bigger picture to it. Every single thing happened for a reason , and its just that we cant understand the reason of it. The meaning if life is surely not to chase behind a currency that we gave valued and named it "money" and to reach a standard called "success" that we gave standard to. There should be a reason , but the problem is to find what it is.

@noexcuse759 6 месяцев назад

@@Dan-tguhhggyyu4tg you gotta better belief?

@GuyFerzOfficial 2 года назад

1:23 "The universe's silent indifference" that hit hard

@incrediblemovies3231 3 года назад

"I don't want to die..... I just wish I wasn't born"

@ayush510 2 года назад

QUEEN

@ekagunadi1934 2 года назад

Are you ok? :(

@pavankumar-nb9bx 2 года назад

If you were not born, another would be born in place of you. As he grows under same conditions/ circumstances/genes , it would be another you. So he could be wishing the same at this time, you may be that another. So you are bound to be born.

@timg335 2 года назад

@@pavankumar-nb9bx interesting way of thinking, i like it lol

@kursky4780 2 года назад

Same no appetite

@just-trying-my-best-everyday 3 года назад

Ted-Ed: Is life meaningless? Me, facing my maths homework: Yes. Yes it is.

@baumgartnerpaulina6342 3 года назад

Literally, I should just be doing maths...

@harshmodi3981 3 года назад

@@baumgartnerpaulina6342 yeah maths is the best

@user-pu7nf3ef9x 3 года назад

but Maths is ♥

@avisekmaitra8659 3 года назад

Hey that’s not really right for everyone I really like maths and physics

@lightningbolt4560 3 года назад

I don't know about life but maths homework is certainly meaningless 😂

@junhengzhang6425 2 года назад

This video used all this information to lead us back to the fact that life is meaningless. Amazing.

@yoshitaadiraju7385 2 года назад

More than the video and the content , i love the voice ... Nina Medvinskaya you are fab ❣

@architanaik466 3 года назад

"A senseless world with inspiration, rather than defeat"....so true.....isnt it better to work together and go higher instead of being selfish and get limited outcome???..won't more light be produced when one candle lights many others...instead of keeping its light to itself?that's what we need..a sensible unity in this senseless world

@SomeOne-cz2wt 3 года назад

Sarcastically, selfishness is what perpetuates the absurd cycle of happiness and sadness. It propels the world to move forward. Without it, we will be truly meaningless. An intrinsic meaning of Humanity(or Species in general?) I can think of, albeit a pointless one, as it is a mere never ending cycle,is perhaps selfishness. To transcend that "meaning of meaninglessness", one has to learn kindness. But it takes time, takes so many reincarnations(XD if you believe so). And yet, not so many souls can relinquish the innate,raw, meaningless meaning bestowed/cursed upon us by the Universe.

@architanaik466 3 года назад

@@manojmnaik8510 that's true....there must be challenges in life... that's what makes life more interesting....its like and endless race..the challenges might never end....and neither should our hope. our problems make us stronger....only if we fight them...

@EclipseOfGod 3 года назад

@@manojmnaik8510 While I agree that all people not being friendly poses a challenge(an interesting one perhaps)l I don’t think that that alone would be the peak of humans or life, there could still be disagreement(friendly disagreement), friendly competition, things that we don’t know or that we can improve, etc., if anything everyone being friendly would just accelerate our evolution, not stop it.

@architanaik466 3 года назад

@@EclipseOfGod that's very true.....unity and compassion will accelerate our development...not end all problems for us...but ya it's a better option to evolutionize faster...

@architanaik466 3 года назад

@Bob Taylor why would you get everything u desire?everyone doesn't get everything they desire...and still their life is shattered and violent and sharp..

@nihl4658 Год назад

I needed this

@whiteknight3929 7 месяцев назад

I have been struggling to try and find meaning in life against the indifference of the universe. It is, as Camus said, absurd. However this has given me a lot to think about, and will definitely look into his works.

@medgou6273 3 года назад

I just screwed up in the exam me: life is meaningless

@flamingaish 3 года назад

Ikr

@mazadancoseben4818 3 года назад

Keep up hope My guy

@kehara.e2437 3 года назад

if this isn't me :|

@marshmellowsquid5102 3 года назад

Yeah, in the end, were all gonna forget about it and move on.

@AhmedMohamed-oe8cv 2 года назад

As Muslims ,the matter is different for us We believe in another life after death We believe in reward and punishment from our only God(Allah) (our creator) after death Life has a great purpose for us Please read about Islam

@magik2953 3 года назад

"We have reached the moon, and we dived into the depths of the ocean, but we are afraid to look inside our souls ... because we feel ... that there we will find frightening contradictions." -Trans enabled

@playitothebeat7911 3 года назад

WOW this’s so meaningful and can be explained in many ways

@aditishrivastava6290 Год назад

Do it or don't do it. You'll regret it either ways. This is the essence of all philosophy. - søren k.

@yunan3031 2 года назад

"With great power comes great responsibility." - Uncle Ben

@upvotecomment2110 3 года назад

"Life itself is meaningless, life is an opportunity to create meaning" - Random Stranger in the Internet

@user-tzzglsstle585e38 3 года назад

Yes, exactly!! Very well said to whoever wrote that, I have the same thought but can't word it out.

@agasthya9128 3 года назад

It's actually humans who want to create meaning out of everything. Life is meaningless at the end.

@manali6402 3 года назад

@@agasthya9128 we can only have meanings to ourselves and I guess that is all that matters 😉

@mohammedsharf8459 3 года назад

@@agasthya9128 seems like you learned nothing from the video.

@agasthya9128 3 года назад

@@mohammedsharf8459 I just have a perspective of life which is very clear to me.

@thunderquack2510 3 года назад

come on im not trying to have an existential crisis during my google meet

@marsdriver2501 3 года назад

Nihilism hit hard at start ♂️😎♂️

@nobunagakurenai4377 3 года назад

pshs?

@nuetro1709 3 года назад

Don't worry, there is a purpose in our lives. We didn't just randomly pop into existence into a perfectly functioning world, where everything is catered to us. We were brought into existence from our Creator Himself. The next question we gotta ask is whether that Creator had communicated with us, and what does He want from us, if there really is a purpose 🤔🤔

@marsdriver2501 3 года назад

@@nuetro1709 but who created creator ♂️😎♂️, what if creator's life dont have sense too

@nuetro1709 3 года назад

@@marsdriver2501 this question is asked a lot. Think about it this way, we can keep going back and back. But there cannot be an infinite regress. There had to be a starting point that caused it. Imagine this scenario: you want to ask your teacher if u can press the button, but in order for your teacher to allow you to press the button, he must ask his supervisor, and then the supervisor must ask permission of the boss. Eventually the permission of letting you touch the button must come. But if there's an infinite regress, you'll never get to touch the button. Same thing for the universe, there had to be a starting point. Now to answer your question "who Created the Creator". This is an oxymoron. Because the concept of creation is created BY the Creator. You cannot explain the origin of cause and effect through cause and effect. I hope this helps. Also here's a short clip you should check out: twitter.com/DrShadeeElmasry/status/1088904195338653697?s=09

@suffering.since.2006 2 года назад

A great episode💜

@franciscorojas8088 2 года назад

I've come to the conclusion that if life is meaningless, then I have the power/freedom to decide what's meaningful to me, like the people I love or a beautiful flower. That idea alone keeps me alive and hopeful :)

@musiclyricscombo342 7 месяцев назад

well said

@iReeview 3 года назад

meningless is life

@azertyuiop432 3 года назад

Well, it depends from which perspective

@SirAlbertoo 3 года назад

Then what is this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8iJV7lX5HAo.html.. The true meaning of life

@konan8353 3 года назад

*meaningless, also that doesn't even work even if you spell it correctly, it'd be *meaninglessness

@buubaku 3 года назад

r/im14andthisisdeep

@D.V.McAwesome 3 года назад

Rebecca, the 13 year old girl who spends most of her time at instagram: WOW SOO DEEP (CRYS :^C) OMG IM SO SAD.

@jzcee021 3 года назад

I had this thought that if one desires to find the meaning of life, isn't that already giving their life some meaning because they are living for something, and that is to seek out the meaning of life itself? It feels like this thought goes on a loop.

@nafishy 3 года назад

@@sarahy.2442 if I were god and I knew everything then I must know I am God.

@tkph0328 3 года назад

Nonsense

@jzcee021 3 года назад

@@sarahy.2442 God is the creator of life, well, based on my beliefs, so I guess God is ABOVE and BEYOND life. I can't say for sure what would be the meaning of life if I was in the place of God because God is God, and He knows everything. Meanwhile, you and I are humans who has limited knowledge. We're like blind people trying to describe what colors are if we try to look for God's meaning of life. However, I don't look at the meaning of life from a religious point of view because I think that religion can't be taken literally but I treat it as a food for my soul, and one thing that can give MY life meaning :)) I hope that made sense.

@dynanananaay8774 3 года назад

Wow...

@rincybaptish891 3 года назад

Well very true , I feel it's about the loop itself , acknowledging and understanding the loop is imp. Life = a loop that I create

@eiajintalan1282 Год назад

i still love this so much

@resillyence Год назад

aw this was so wonderful to listen to

@bluedaylight1243 3 года назад

"When everyone is writing quotes, you know you gotta write one too" - Me

@johnnyjohnjohn4216 3 года назад

"To ask what is the meaning of life is like asking where is the art in a painting, where is the art in a sculpture. The thing IS the thing. We imbue life with meaning like the artist finding beauty from a blank canvas, like the sculptor finding form from within a piece of stone." Becoming the Sphere.

@stellagyan6942 Год назад

The thing is the thing 😂😂😂. Thanks a lot you’ve just clarified the reason for my existence 😊

@jonharkins1719 6 месяцев назад

The art in a painting or sculpture is there because it was made by an intelligent being with intent. This doesn't apply to a universe without an intelligent creator

@iamabsolute21 3 года назад

Ted ed is the best channel on RU-vid .

@fatherlife 3 года назад

great to see this video.....Really thank.

@ArvindKumar-fj7ql 3 года назад

"I was born to serve others, why the others are here, I dont know" -_idk_

@patricksvideos4 3 года назад

- W.H. Auden

@akhmeth9070 3 года назад

@@patricksvideos4 who?

@yatooxx9316 3 года назад

Idk why am laughing 😂

@utkarshpandey6879 2 года назад

For them to be served

@justanothermortal1373 2 года назад

This is a good quote

@jakethesnake17 3 года назад

_Reads title_ My mind: Back again with another existential crisis

@dan_erthal 2 года назад

Beautiful job

@EvoDevo2004 Год назад

Life is absolutely meaningless!

@amanumin7201 Год назад

Read this book.. Yusof Ali Quran English translation

@Laxmikanthb1 3 года назад

"If you don't know what to do, then just do what you have to do." - Laxmikant

@ashwanikumar3492 3 года назад

More accurately - what you need to do.

@ashwanikumar3492 3 года назад

@Ben Parkin For that there is Intuition. The more developed your intuition is the more you have the ability to know.

@alchemist6819 3 года назад

I disagree. How will you actually define "do what you need to do"?

@alchemist6819 3 года назад

@@ashwanikumar3492 The problem is that intuition only works physically.

@ashwanikumar3492 3 года назад

@@alchemist6819 What do you mean intuition works 'physically'? Maybe you think of 'Extraverted Intuition' as intuition. There is "Introverted Intuition' too. Look up these two terms. Suppose you are a student and exams are near and you really WANT to watch RU-vid videos. But what you really NEED to do is to prepare for exams. Now, it's understandable that there are many situations where it's not easy to point out what is needed to be done. So, for that, there is intuition which unfortunately is underdeveloped in most people.

@fathfez7991 3 года назад

"This comment section is an ocean full of quotes" - A person

@fhisaldsfulda3241 3 года назад

- Abraham Lincoln

@jaxtheoverlord6959 3 года назад

“In a motion "This comment section is an ocean full of quotes" - A person“ -In a motion

@Tiffany-ov2jf 3 года назад

@Brendan Moriarty Wow. -me

@TheDoomWizard 3 года назад

Lmao facts

@jer103 Год назад

During certain times and places, makes us question why things occur. Yet, there are simple explications for most things.

@arminislam6805 2 года назад

And isn't it the perfect vdo to watch when I have an xm tomorrow..splendid time to have existential crisis

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

“When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” ― Viktor E. Frankl

@pianodna-james3147 3 года назад

thats what happening with me now, I can't sleep so I distract myself with youtube and whatsapp

@asoosy_artinity8906 3 года назад

Bot

@emibtwcan7357 3 года назад

True

@soupisfun1239 3 года назад

@@pianodna-james3147 well its evening in my country so I can't sleep now, even though I'm tired, but I have a maths online class in half an hour🙁

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

@@asoosy_artinity8906 talking about yourself?

@BenjoBanjooie 3 года назад

LIFE IS MEANINGLESS, BUT WORTH LIVING, PROVIDED YOU RECOGNIZE IT'S MEANINGLESS. -Albert Camus

@jmalko9152 4 месяца назад

Informative 🙂

@paulalagar892 2 года назад

Growing old and dying is what gives meaning and beauty to the fleeting span of a human life. It's precisely because we age and die that our lives have value and nobility.

@wiilsomaliyed5257 3 года назад

" I'm reading your comment" - you

@flamingaish 3 года назад

Oh lol

@yatooxx9316 3 года назад

So true

@allftw2677 3 года назад

Seems like it

@nathanjohn9151 3 года назад

ha, jokes on you I'm blind.

@angelicazumi7625 2 года назад

@@nathanjohn9151 then how did you know what it said

@ambitiousbutrubbish1992 3 года назад

"The meaning of life is the life itself." All the simple thinks you take for granted like waking up in the morning without pain, meeting with your friends, drinking favourite coffee... I've lost those thinks because of the serious disease and I can tell you: I would give everything to have them back. Just experience life and enjoy what it gives you.

@ambitiousbutrubbish1992 3 года назад

@@crestraizn Thank you a lot ;)