how can human beings think their lives are so important and significant when there are so many signs telling?

Question

how insignificant human life really is?

(example - the unknown quantities of space)

Answer 1

Yes, we are quite the self-centered species, aren't we? We've even invented myths and religions to tell ourselves that all the inhospitable vastness of space, plus one tiny hospitable planet, were created solely for our benefit by a god who, despite being infinitely above us, still regards us in special favor relative to the other animals and even does our bidding when we ask (pray for) him to do.

It is nice to know that there are other humans out there who realize that we are not the end-all and be-all of evolution. We are very much a species in transition, and I believe in the coming decades or centuries we may be able to shed our frail biological forms and upload our minds into much faster, reliable and upgradeable quantum neural-net computers where we would finally be free to pursue our evolutionary development as posthumans and beyond.

Answer 2

This is an incredibly nihilistic question. Honestly, you are correct in your assertion. Modern science tells us that we COULD be a product of a white hole that is doomed to "die" in a frozen state. Chaos theory postulates that most of the fundamental aspects of reality i.e. weather patterns, neuron action potentials, and so on are all probabilistic and we have no true way of understanding them. It is also worth noting that we only experience reality with our five senses, and there are probably an infinite amount of truths that we will never even encounter. We are ruining our planet with global warming and global dimming, and it seems by the time we actually figure out that we must change it will be too late. Our entire world and all of its constituents will burn, making every life utterly useless and inconsequential. So yes, without God there is no purpose. Existentialism and other secular philosophies do not help either, as they are outdated and full of ethical contradictions. For people like us who share this view; the best thing to do is jump in the "consciousness causes collapse" interpretation of quantum mechanics and hope that the ultimate observer is God….or maybe just continue to live in despair.

Answer 3

It is indeed our folly as well as arrogance to assume much significance in our life...... in the context of this great universe and the vast timespan, our entity is really not even an iota.... this is why I want to remind myself of this reality all the time by calling myself small!

The ultimate proof of how insignificant our life is needs to be found in how little we can predict our own self.... if we have so little knowledge of and so fragile control over our own life, there is no surprise that wise men advocate renunciation of our bloated ego and acceptance of our entity as infinitesimal, no matter how important our life seems to us in our own eyes.

However, every life does have an entity even as it may be so small..... and we can not ignore our responsibility to cherish and relish our life to the best of our ability... it would be a mistake to treat it as totally inconsequential... nothing, however small, in this universe is entirely irrelevant or insignificant!!

Answer 4

Because we are the centre of our own universe.

Answer 5

It is all an illusion
all you need is love