Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
As they used to say where I grew up, "Awa and boil yer heid!"
Now thatI understood!

It's one thing to realise what a God-awful place it is we have to live in (as you make abundantly clear). It's another to wish it were otherwise, even if it's based solely upon a fictional Italian Mamma making pizza for the boys.
I suppose that's no worse than any other fiction upon which so many philosophies are based.

Actually, the world, and the Universe are breathtakingly beautiful - and safe enough for life to flourish for millions of years. Hopefully, millions more, too.
You're right, it is beautiful. And deadly. The two are not necessarily exclusive. Look at a satellite view of a hurricane and it, too, is breathtaking. Look at what they are capable of doing, as in Galveston, New Orleans, the Caribbean, and the devastation can be just as breathtaking, but for a different reason.

And perhaps the universe is safe enough to nurture life, or perhaps life is just nasty enough to defy the universe and survive in spite of it.

I am not a big fan of philosophy, any philosophy. I prefer to take things as they are, rather than try to devise some inscrutable hidden meaning in everything. Life's a bitch, and then you die. It's that simple.