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either "universal" means shared by all, or it means predetermined by the laws of physics
Why do things exist?
You'd have to rewrite the language, invent a new dictionary, and change the mathematics of logic if you are to convince anyone that the could be a universal goal other than heat death.
Because it is universal and inevitable.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 12/12/2023 14:58:49Why do things exist?There can be no logical reason why. We can investigate how, but why presumes an external agent with a purpose, which becomes a endlessly spiralling argument as to why that agent exists.
IMO, something that's inevitable cannot be a goal. I won't actively do something to pursue it.
Why the sky on earth looks blue? Why iron is attracted to magnet?Can't you answer the questions without presuming an external agent with a purpose?
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 14/12/2023 10:30:04IMO, something that's inevitable cannot be a goal. I won't actively do something to pursue it.But the entire universe is actively pursuing its heat death, and your metabolism is part of that pursuit.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 14/12/2023 13:08:25Why the sky on earth looks blue? Why iron is attracted to magnet?Can't you answer the questions without presuming an external agent with a purpose?Beware of loose language! Physics explains how, not why. I get out of bed by swinging my feet to the floor - that's how. I get out of bed because I want to go to work - that's why. Only a philosopher would fail to understand the difference.
Stephen Dubner describes the research of Keith Chen and his experiments with the monkey economy. Monkeys were taught to use money by economists to buy different commodities, hilarity ensues. Recorded live in St. Paul.
Many people don't even know what heat death is. How can they actively pursue it?
Do you think the usage of the word why in my questions is incorrect?
other conscious agents who presumably have simpler thoughts,
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 15/12/2023 03:56:59other conscious agents who presumably have simpler thoughts,What basis do you have for that assumption? How do you measure the simplicity of a thought?
The capacity to achieve a goal has very little to do with neurology and a lot to do with physique. Ask any one-armed boxer.
Are you sure that one armed boxer would be easily defeated by average people?