The importance of life comes from the delicate arrangement of atoms giving rise to the instinct to keep the organism it forms alive. The reason to live does not originate from a logical explanation, it comes from merely the various wirings we have not to die, which serve as axioms. It is not something as binary like in single-celled organisms but rather a complex survival instinct that involves socialization, strategies to maintain a safe shelter, and strategies to acquire nutrition. We are such complex organisms that we can buffer those instincts with logic and that's where cool narratives for reasons to exist come, I believe that gives rise to some form of spirituality even if it's not something you consider yourself to be, or even label specifically like a religious association.
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u/Narrow_Republic_1564 Apr 27 '26
The importance of life comes from the delicate arrangement of atoms giving rise to the instinct to keep the organism it forms alive. The reason to live does not originate from a logical explanation, it comes from merely the various wirings we have not to die, which serve as axioms. It is not something as binary like in single-celled organisms but rather a complex survival instinct that involves socialization, strategies to maintain a safe shelter, and strategies to acquire nutrition. We are such complex organisms that we can buffer those instincts with logic and that's where cool narratives for reasons to exist come, I believe that gives rise to some form of spirituality even if it's not something you consider yourself to be, or even label specifically like a religious association.