tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post4790735507756970846..comments2023-10-26T04:21:32.229-07:00Comments on Mirth, memories and more: Camus and Einsteinmusafirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-47212419519241271942006-10-12T02:15:00.000-07:002006-10-12T02:15:00.000-07:00@Musafir: Ha ha...that was quite an 'out of the bo...@Musafir: Ha ha...that was quite an 'out of the box thinking' admittedly..and should admit I never thought of linking it that way...time travel as an excuse for purpose in life???<br /><br />mmm...Why not actually!! Though ofcourse it is arguable whether both had 'similar' purposes in mind when coming up with 'relativity' and 'absurdity'. But I can pretty much see how *if* Time travel can be made effectual how it could combat the latter!! <br /><br />But then really it is not much different from the reason why people believe in(or rather want to believe in ) 'after life' and 'karma'. :) But yes Time Travel can be a perfect answer for people afflicted with Nihilistic thoughts...self included...<br /><br />mmmm...quite brilliant and innovative I should say! But once again the problem is it makes no difference to me if TIme Travel is not a reality right now....makes no difference to one's nihilistic thoughts...and in his own way quite justifiable too...<br /><br />btw you should probbaly psot the explanation you had given here in the main post....The Man Who Wasnt Therehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582500670714901536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-57096774136310408712006-10-12T01:43:00.000-07:002006-10-12T01:43:00.000-07:00the man who wasn't there
Hmm ... the connection g...<b>the man who wasn't there</b><br /><br />Hmm ... the connection goes like this.<br /><br />To me Existentialism and Absurdity are viable philosophies simply because Life does not hold any meaning, or any purpose. This lack of meaning or purpose directly stems from the infiniteness of time and the fact that our own mortality does not permit us to leave a mark on the world. If it was possible to leave a mark, and if it was possible for that mark to be everlasting, then Life might have some meaning.<br /><br />To me Camus's assertion about suicide is true simply becasue we die and we don't have all the time we want. But Einstein's theories on special and general relativity can be used to prove that time travel might be possible. And from time travel to leaving a mark and finding the purpose of Life is but a small intellectual leap away.<br /><br />So you could say that Camus accepted the reality about time and arrived at the absurdity philosophy, whereas Einstein chose to relook at time and invented relativity.<br /><br />Does that make sense?musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-88837872763032363772006-10-11T21:34:00.000-07:002006-10-11T21:34:00.000-07:00Well well trying to link up Camus and Einstein???
...Well well trying to link up Camus and Einstein???<br />Sacrielege!! that's why one should never entrust Philosophy to poets...I know I know you are going to argue that 'metaphysics' is indeed nothing but poetry masquerading as esoteric prose. <br />But still it is the principle of the thing.<br /><br />Anyway maybe you have come across this...but a better comparison would be Sartre's play 'No Exit'.<br /><br />Yes Hell indeed is other people...<br />But for the life of me I cannot see the conenciton between the 'relativity' and 'absurdity' here....<br />unless you mean they are relatively absurd..:PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-72112901325559654252006-10-09T22:18:00.000-07:002006-10-09T22:18:00.000-07:00soliloquist
"but thats only as long as things hap...<b>soliloquist</b><br /><br />"but thats only as long as things happen the way i like them to be" -- couldn't have put it better myself.musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-16538205399049788642006-10-08T04:58:00.000-07:002006-10-08T04:58:00.000-07:00well... as long as i dont see the watch or look at...well... as long as i dont see the watch or look at the sky, i dont feel the time...but thats only as long as things happen the way i like them to be.~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-57466087678497694072006-10-06T23:23:00.000-07:002006-10-06T23:23:00.000-07:00the soliloquist
I read the poem :) ... not knowin...<b>the soliloquist</b><br /><br />I read the poem :) ... not knowing the time is not the same as not feeling time?<br /><br /><b>karthik</b><br /><br />Ah, Wikipedia is always a good introduction to any book :)musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-69030937116978145032006-10-06T03:55:00.000-07:002006-10-06T03:55:00.000-07:00Camus presents Sisyphus's ceaseless and pointless ...Camus presents Sisyphus's ceaseless and pointless toil as a metaphor for modern lives spent working at futile jobs in factories and offices. "The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious."<br /><br />- How Apt -Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05454844690426038880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-80502743138751170962006-10-05T04:08:00.000-07:002006-10-05T04:08:00.000-07:00I went around almost one whole day without knowing...I went around almost one whole day without knowing the time . Cut off from all methods and machinery that tell the hour. Felt immortal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com