tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6614943219746192803.post5775231730658792974..comments2023-10-24T07:25:51.017-07:00Comments on Old Age Sticks: Screen doorsUncleKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658647414516335799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6614943219746192803.post-9759335827386834092010-04-05T17:48:05.989-07:002010-04-05T17:48:05.989-07:00Yes, I agree that there's a great excitement i...Yes, I agree that there's a great excitement in the quest for knowledge. I have felt that way for most of my life--and I'm still delighted when I learn some new thing. Still, as I grow old and become more and more aware of my mental and physical limits, I nonetheless yearn for that which I know I can never achieve: an intellectual "grasp" of the ultimate. I do NOT find this yearning/quest particularly exciting or comforting (since I know it is futile). I DO find it lonely and frightening. And also, sometimes, awful (in the original sense of that word).UncleKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658647414516335799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6614943219746192803.post-56576302783854219342010-03-30T02:22:53.829-07:002010-03-30T02:22:53.829-07:00Depends on what you mean by a "meaningful hum...Depends on what you mean by a "meaningful human existence." Consider: Having the ultimate answers robs your life of any further meaning. There's nothing left to explore or discover. What's the point of existing if there's nothing left to do? Parading around your now-ossified mentality of being the "omniscient one" might amuse/satisfy you for a week, maybe even a few years, before you get lonely and the act gets old. Having all the answers won't make life meaningful--just boring. I prefer the emptiness and horror to abject boredom.se7enshadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03971532520122894736noreply@blogger.com