From: x@x.org   
      
   On 11/11/25 04:35, oldernow wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-11, x  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Once upon a time   
   >>   
   >> There was the mantra ...   
   >>   
   >> Don't think   
   >> Don't sense   
   >> Don't worry   
   >> Don't feel   
   >>   
   >> But if life is a dream   
   >>   
   >> Then does not the dreaming make it a reality?   
   >   
   > Seemingly to those for whom it does.   
   >   
   >> So if the mantra is true then is that not worse   
   >> than if it were false?   
   >   
   > What makes the mantra true or false?   
   >   
   > Is it not believing the mantra is true or false?   
   >   
   > Why agonize over it being some alleged objective   
   > reality or another when it's clearly merely what   
   > it's believed to be?   
   >   
   >> So what is the point?  Does there need to be   
   >> a point?  Is the dreaming the whole purpose?   
   >> So does it matter if usenet is real or not?   
   >> Maybe not ...   
   >   
   > What is "a point"? From the context (which   
   > includes the reader's beliefs about the meanings   
   > of the words used), "a point" is sounding like   
   > "a way to put - aka re-present - it".   
      
   Yes, what is the meaning of life?  Do the   
   words 'meaning of life' have meaning?   
   Does the word 'meaning' have meaning?   
      
   Does the number '42' have meaning?   
      
   Maybe not?   
      
   Is something lie that in an episode of   
   something like 'Red Dwarf'?  Yes, no,   
   maybe?   
      
   >   
   > Does saying    
   > equals  ever   
   > accomplish much save in mind, which is (haha)   
   > arguably hallucination?   
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)