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十几岁的孩子回答这样的问题是不是让人担心呀: What's the point of life if we're just going to die in the end?

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛How shall we define life?

If we are to define a cellular existence as the product of birth, this earthly creation must then come full circle and fulfill its mortal fate as an inevitable step in the great journey of nature.

That is, without death, there cannot be life. After all, we on Earth inhabit a finite system of land and resources. Mother Nature knows when a being has outlived its usefulness, and She will surely not hesitate the slightest bit when the time comes to scratch these beings out of the picture.

Why human civilization vilifies death as a black force of repulsive evil is beyond me. Instead, let us view death as an impetus for spiritual and biological regeneration, an opportunity for a population to repair, redouble, and regrow.

Plants will dry up and shrivel as they indeed must, but they leave a trail of nutrients that will serve indispensable for the next generation of creatures inhabiting the land.

Now what lessons can we take from this as living humans, the only moral animals on Earth?

The reality is that we will all be gone one day, so our limited time on Earth must be spent building the seeds of the future. We have a vested interest as a species in not only the inheritance of our fittest genotypes in our progeny, but also in maintaining and regenerating the uniquely human capacity for culture-creation. For culture is what enlightens even the most beastly propensities of our psyches and rids us of the need to reinvent the wheel generation after generation.

Our mortal nature reminds us that we will not be around to bear witness to all the fruits of our labor, so we ought to spend our lives making big bets, and ensuring these bets have the best possible chance of winning. That is essentially what every cellular being, from the most minute bacterium to the most colossal killer whale, regards as its raison d’être. Like a stock market, we try to make our wisest noves for the time being, but leave it up to chance to determine the ultimate fate of things.

Because one day, none of us will be around.更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 枫下拾英 / 心灵感悟 / 十几岁的孩子回答这样的问题是不是让人担心呀: What's the point of life if we're just going to die in the end? +3
    本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛How shall we define life?

    If we are to define a cellular existence as the product of birth, this earthly creation must then come full circle and fulfill its mortal fate as an inevitable step in the great journey of nature.

    That is, without death, there cannot be life. After all, we on Earth inhabit a finite system of land and resources. Mother Nature knows when a being has outlived its usefulness, and She will surely not hesitate the slightest bit when the time comes to scratch these beings out of the picture.

    Why human civilization vilifies death as a black force of repulsive evil is beyond me. Instead, let us view death as an impetus for spiritual and biological regeneration, an opportunity for a population to repair, redouble, and regrow.

    Plants will dry up and shrivel as they indeed must, but they leave a trail of nutrients that will serve indispensable for the next generation of creatures inhabiting the land.

    Now what lessons can we take from this as living humans, the only moral animals on Earth?

    The reality is that we will all be gone one day, so our limited time on Earth must be spent building the seeds of the future. We have a vested interest as a species in not only the inheritance of our fittest genotypes in our progeny, but also in maintaining and regenerating the uniquely human capacity for culture-creation. For culture is what enlightens even the most beastly propensities of our psyches and rids us of the need to reinvent the wheel generation after generation.

    Our mortal nature reminds us that we will not be around to bear witness to all the fruits of our labor, so we ought to spend our lives making big bets, and ensuring these bets have the best possible chance of winning. That is essentially what every cellular being, from the most minute bacterium to the most colossal killer whale, regards as its raison d’être. Like a stock market, we try to make our wisest noves for the time being, but leave it up to chance to determine the ultimate fate of things.

    Because one day, none of us will be around.更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
    • 不要加精了吧,是犬子的大作。孩子是不是想得太多了, 你们孩子都想些啥?
      • 你儿子比你强。大人只顾眼前的苟且,看不懂高飞云间的哲学与人生思辨。以后遇大事,多听听你儿子的意见,听不懂,就照他说的做!
        • 真的吗?!现在的大人,曾经也都是孩子呀 :)
          • 我说的比较偏激。其实大人应该和孩子一样思考和成长。安于现状安于简单,只能被孩子超越,自己也越来越僵化衰老。
            孩子包袱少,容易思想放开,能创新,能达到大人不曾有的高度。但大人的人生经验是孩子所没有的财富,如果大人能像孩子一样勇于思考,继续前进,也不输于孩子。但如果只是希望把孩子装进自己老思想的套子里,自己不舒服,也压抑了孩子的潜力。
            • 咦,"安于现状,安于简单",不就是成长后该得出的结论吗?还要怎样思考,怎样进步呢?
              • 安于现状和简单,是成长后的结果,是解答了所有问题之后的安详,不是看到问题不愿意触碰的懦弱。
                大人看到孩子在思考,应该明白这是孩子的旅途,他们必须经历,不能把大人已经得到的答案强加给孩子,况且大人很多的答案是他们在自己成长过程中得到的,有很多是无奈地接受现实。时代和国家变了,在新世界,孩子应该去思考和探索,最终找到他们自己的安详和简单。

                很多大人用自己老了做借口,停止学习和思考。生也有涯,而知也无涯。每一次找到简单,只是上了一个台阶,山外有山,天外有天。
                • :)
    • 进化论?真操心啊,人类灭绝了后的事情都要管。。。
    • 这娃太厉害了,将来一定很有出息。十几岁就能想的这么深了,令我们都很惭愧啊。 +2
    • 为什么要担心呢!不必。It is a good thing.
      • 我更情愿孩子简简单单。这是心里话。
        • 已经这样深入思考问题了,很难再回到“简简单单”模式。对于自觉忧国忧民的娃儿,可以偶尔给他们看些轻松的东西,不那么 PC 但是 funny...
    • 还有其他的写作吗?感觉作文水平也很高。
    • 写的多好啊~
    • 不知道多少移一代能有这英文写作水平
      • 一个也没有。词汇会完全用的不同,还有思维方式也完全不同。
        • 完全超越移一代!父母们老老实实给他们做饭就行了,其它别管,别问,问了也不懂。
          • 二代英文好是必须的,咱一代的中文也不含糊呀。父母老老实实去做饭,其他的别管,我支持。要绝对的尊重每个人的自由意志,即使他是你的孩子。父母如果要说什么,也只能是一点小建议,仅供参考,孩子听不听,做不做,是他自己的事。
          • 这告诉那些惧怕三哥的情商的人,二代就有可能全面超越
            • 华人智商还是全面超过印裔的。情商这个很难说,印度人情商高主要是群居和宗教。
              • 没感觉他们的情商高,只是口语比我们好,但第二代比,口语没差别,所以第二代就有可能全面超越,指CEO之类管理层。要说做老板,我们已经超越了。
      • 二代英文都很好,但对生命/文明的深刻诠析是不可多得的,尤其是这年纪
        • 二代写作有这水平的估计也不多。
    • 小子前途无量,不是寻常人物!
    • 为什么会有这样的题目,是学校的作业吗?多跟孩子聊聊,了解他的一些想法。
    • 我觉得问这类问题是觉醒的开始。我的孩子问我关于死亡的问题时,我让他看 “ALIEN INTERVIEW” 和 OMNEC ONEC "Simply wisdom and love",他看完后很高兴,对死亡的恐惧也消除了。