Meaning of Life | Richard Wrangham and Lex Fridman

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Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior.
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I really don't think there is any podcast out there better than this.

[@nenadjuric8824]

You are correct.

[@benephelps]

There isn't. This is the best. Great guests, meaningful and deep conversations. Lex is doing amazing work for all of us as a society and a species.

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[@Porterhousepapi]

No doubt. Especially if you’re on here to learn nee things everyday. It’s amazing learning all these real things we should’ve learned in high school but was shunned. Good stufff.

[@Jack-yq6ui]

true except for my podcast called: LUKE, LIFE AND LINT. Which mainly focuses around how lint affects daily life.

[@buckanderson3520]

Life gives purpose to the universe. I've begun to see life as a constant in the universe rather than a fluke. Life is it's own meaning!

[@josephriley4356]

I totally agree. Genes are the life and we are just a vehicle.

[@anontitus8355]

Life can rape, murder, steal etc and survive and thrive just fine. That means it's just as meaningful to commit these acts as any other act

[@josephriley4356]

@@anontitus8355 we are so smart we can imagine our own purposes in life. Our genes would expect us (men) to rape everyone in sight. Doesn't mean us humans would do such a thing.

[@josephriley4356]

@F.W. 🧐🤔 interesting.

[@voidoflife7058]

How is life it’s own meaning? What are you taking about?

[@WilliamJonesChess]

Spoken like a Bond Villain: Death is a way to get rid of sub-optimal solutions 04:42

[@davidabbett7011]

“Progress is measured by funerals” . . . I have heard this about social progress. It’s interesting to consider this for natural selection as well, as the current existence must always look at itself as the “optimal” solution.

[@9mmplantain323]

I respect a man that can tell a story without his hands.

[@greggcannon483]

This question has no objective answer, given how meaning, in and of itself, can be only subjective in a world of various conscious perspectives. However, I love hearing other people's answers, because sometimes their perspectives help me to further filter out my own meaning for life, or at least my own experience with it.

[@Laayon19]

Mackay?

[@greggcannon483]

@F.W. and that's your opinion, lol. Your subjective opinion, that I disagree with. I hope you realize we are talking about conscious existence and experience, not simple forms. Dumb dumb

[@hbyt2477]

👏👏

[@hershelfowler6257]

I remember my freshman year of high school, had Rotc and Wednesday was uniform day, decided not dress one Wednesday. My instructor Sgt. Jackson stood in front of me and said " Fowler you look smart, what's the meaning of life ?" Without thinking I responded " to keep life going." He looked and said" that's a good answer. But you're wrong, Fowler." " Rules Fowler, rules , the meaning of life is you got to follow the rules." You got a F, lol Rip Sgt. Jackson, thank you for your service of country and society.

[@corybathke186]

Super fun party

[@hermes_logios]

We're all descended from the first cell. Life doesn't end. Life is defined by its continuity.

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This needful but beginners shouldn't settle for videos alone, deep thoughts of life is not shared or made available to everyone. I am so happy for taking the bold step in working and investing $2000 with him after a week I received $9,300 to my bank.

[@danielyates9055]

The meaning of life is to imperfectly replicate information. The replication draws from the wisdom of the old. The imperfections lead to novelty and change with good "mistakes" being further copied

[@francolosasso9273]

Very good

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[@oldman2800]

"Pack you shit folks, your going away, thats what nature does"

[@dekayallday1]

It seems that our understanding of death is oftentimes in association with violence, yet one doesn’t warrant the other. There is a very old man ( past 100 who died in his sleep). This man was very healthy for his age and throughout his life, was Fortunate to not come across any extreme violence. Furthermore, if killing an animal for means of consumption is an example of violence, then killing a plant by eating it alive - is not?

[@9mmplantain323]

Amazing podcast

[@micoaruno]

Life has no meaning? What about become free from suffering?

[@ignatiolu863]

I believe it has layers of meanings. There might be no SOLE meaning, but sections of them, chapter by chapter. Survival is what the vast majority has passed through, which was the meaning of life. Now I believe it might be Renaissance people, becoming one of them and create a civilization of strong self challenging motivated people in many fields and document each one's story (like Feynman, Lex, Einstein, John Dunaham, etc.). At least this is where I see meaning, the third tier is unknown, because we haven't got there yet. If it's all meaningless then there's no need to try anything at all, which brings emptiness, depression (lack of meaning) and possibly a quiet slow death of a civilization caused by sheer emptiness of meaning.

[@micoaruno]

@@ignatiolu863 the root cause of all humans problems is ignorance. From the roots the plants feed themselves. Dive deep down there it's one adventure extremely trasformative. Why? Because we stop the root cause becoming negative (anger depression Avarice and other Thousand word)by becoming positive, wisdom, generosity, altruism ecc.

[@oldman2800]

The answer to that question is......42. Which is the right answer

[@micoaruno]

@@oldman2800 Quando uno dice che la vita non ha significato dice soltanto che ha buttato via un'altra vita. Forgive me, but the truth is raw.

[@nathannalley8470]

To live is to suffer

[@jimmykelly2809]

The meaning of life. I love this question because everyone gets it wrong. I wish I could go on your podcast to shed light to every listener.

[@nyakallomanoko2743]

...go on

[@alfonsasspalviskis2651]

Yeah go on, a lot of people reads comments.

[@joseribeiro5894]

To talk about the meaning OF life, we have to say there is something to which life was made (life as a tool to fulfill a purpose). To talk about meaning ON life, we say that (as complete human beings) we can act to achieve an end that has no meaning outside our minds. So, life is meaningless if you are an eternal, emotionless observer, but meaningfull if you are living it.

[@Griffin854]

It certainly was a "very fun conversation.".

[@aggonzalez8096]

Was refreshing to see them disagree on violence and lex concede his stance a little bit. Great interview

[@cojohnso80]

I would like to answer Richard's question about how being too peaceful could be selected out of us. If you trust a lion, your closest relative will soon learn to trust them a little less.

[@cshi6864]

But what is the universe IN?! it cannot go on forever, that is impossible … right ? Love this stuff

[@joshspry1]

After eating a Heroic Dose of shrooms, I understood that life flows like water, and death is just the process of us transforming into something else.

[@uvwuvw-ol3fg]

Agreed, seems like inherent optimism bias and terror management theory will always help regardless of ideologies such as antinatalism based on consent and efilism.

[@k.berlin.13]

This is the secret haha I have finally arrived. Thanks @lex, for literally spelling it out loud

[@k.berlin.13]

The party is the secret just to be clear haha

[@bucksreptiles8952]

"why is this a universe?" 😜🤯🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tuniu77]

Meaning of life is to support life. You have to be alive to reflect about this topic on the first place. And if some way of thinking/acting doesn't support life then it is wiped out from existence anyway.

[@QuarterHater9]

Like Hitchens said the party continues without you, bummer hey ?!

[@romanadamenko6111]

Meaning of life is to love.

[@timothythomason1600]

I love that you tried to push back that violence and death serves a purpose in humanity and that your heart wasn't really in that argument. My best argument for violence is that the threat of violence leads us to harden our bodies and sharpen our minds in preparation. Those bodies and minds can then function better to move our species forward. I have to say however my heart isn't really in that argument either.

[@Shatamx]

Its our next step in evolution. Learning to completely free ourselves from our primitive reward system. Once we free ourselves from anger, pity, etc we can get off the dopamine hook our reward system provides us. I fully believe a reason we are and been so violent is the never ending addiction to our own emotions.

[@theartistmattstory]

Lex is hilarious, always angling for some transcendency to his own existence (and personal interests). When faced with brilliant arguments for life 'having no meaning,' he interrupts with a long magniloquence and then abruptly ends the conversation. Only after trying hard to justify violence, even going so far to declare natural death as "mass murder." Hilarious. Wrangham is subtly, yet profoundly, brilliant.

[@lowekal]

We are made of the Universe therefore we are just one manifestation of the Universes intelligence where there are no doubt infinite others that exist. We are aware therefore the universe is aware. Beyond the Universe, now that's wild!

[@autodidact537]

Meaning of life? This question is beyond the ken of Richard Wrangham.

[@oldman2800]

42

[@tsdvaks]

“That has nothing to do with peace vs war” lol

[@James-zu1ij]

I don't understand Richard's sudden irrational dislike of the notion of violence being part of a Darwinian process to our success. Violence merely has human invented negative connotations. When in fact it is just a kinetic displacement of matter that provides advantage in that moment in time.

[@stevenmellemans7215]

Life is an effective process to convert exergy in anergy ?

[@killermat9]

Why not ?

[@NebulaGray]

Can someone answer this question with one word?

[@nenadjuric8824]

Qualia.

[@micoaruno]

Become free from suffering.

[@Ottee2]

No

[@NebulaGray]

Y

[@hermes_logios]

Transcend.

[@good2freelance1]

at the end of the video, ''death is violence'' is not the right phrase.

[@Lebowski55]

I did some human being invent fire or did that human being simply discover it?

[@dudeperson4622]

Lex is right being too peaceful can be a problem. If you are too peaceful, the violent beings are going to hurt you, and you cannot always depend on the so-called authorities to provide for your safety.

[@andynixon2820]

The answer is 42 .

[@davidwasilewski]

42

[@HigherPlanes]

why is there something rather than nothing?

[@SeoulMan2020]

I don’t want to leave the party as well…

[@nintenduh]

I like Richards's view. I don't want to leave the party. Meh whatever lol.

[@iamlegend_0248]

Life is what you make it. Your purpose is your own. Unless you live in North Korea……

[@matthewquinn4400]

Perpetual Entropy

[@lebronjamesharden3958]

JRE

[@Majnun74]

Too perfunctory

[@patriciorojas7019]

Rich people with good jobs worry about the meaning of life. How miserable they must be. Try being somewhat poor, idiotic and have a hard time making ends meet and Voula!!! Problem solved!

[@tobylakin1]

Death is a way of getting rid of sub-optimal subjects ? Fire up the ovens, Lex

[@jss2889]

The meaning is to worship the Lord your God and be grateful your a human with the ability to do so.