# LIFE - will we EVER know the point?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 5, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-will-we-ever-know-the-point/140699 "2002-12-05T15:36:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-will-we-ever-know-the-point/140699/61 "2002-12-08T07:31:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by JustPlainBryan \*  
> Slightly off-topic: Is there a psychological term for the fear of randomness, chaos, and general disorder?

Republicanism? Motherhood?

And **Lib** , I don’t see that **Dinsdale** was stating absolutely that any god’s existence is impossible. Just making an “if/then” assertion that starts with “if there are no gods.”

I can’t confess to be very knowledgable formal logic, but since when do you have to logically justify an _a priori_ statement? Isn’t it the point of an _a priori_ statement that you take it on faith, as it were, and proceed from there?

For the record, by the way, the point of life is hot sauce and beer.

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**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-will-we-ever-know-the-point/140699/62 "2002-12-08T07:35:10Z")

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Knowledgeable **about** formal logic is what I am not, in case anyone was concerned.

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**Author:** ![agroof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@agroof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agroof)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-will-we-ever-know-the-point/140699/63 "2002-12-08T08:07:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Aro \*  
> \*\*A gene is interested only in its propagation, it has no preference for the survival of its own carrier.
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> You are the carrier, your job is to propagate your genes. That’s your point. Everything else is just a smokescreen. \*\*

Actually, biologically speaking, a gene _is_ concerned with the survival of its own carrier to the extent that the carrier must live long enough and be in sufficient health to propagate said gene.

Aside from that, I agree.

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