Welcome back philosophers! It's time for the results of round one!
🥊🥊🥊ROUND 1🥊🥊🥊
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What is the meaning of life?
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📕📕📕CONTEXT📕📕📕
Human beings spend a large portion of life searching for meaning and purpose. It is of no surprise then, that the big question of 'what is the meaning of life?' arises. How people answer this question often plays a large role in how they then lead their life and even how they view their inevitable death. So how do YOU answer this question? What is the meaning of YOUR life? What is YOUR purpose? Does purpose/meaning even exist?
📝📝📝REVIEWS📝📝📝
I will now review each of your answers and give my thoughts.
Mackey
While I do like your perspective that ‘no one can tell the actual meaning of life’ I feel you could have gone deeper here. Why can no one tell what the actual meaning of life is? It seems you half answered this by giving examples of what the meaning of life is for some people but I would have loved for you to have gone deeper. As well as this, it would have been great to hear your PERSONAL perspective on the question, it seems you stated what OTHER people may give as their life’s meaning, but it would have been nice to learn about what YOU personally believe is the meaning of YOUR life.
Wolven
Your perspective while common is quite logical and well thought out. I also thought it was interesting how you mentioned that the meaning of life can be what other people think others life goals should be. However, once again I would have loved to learn of what YOUR personal thoughts are on what the meaning of your life is. You said ‘it is whatever you choose it to be’ so what do YOU choose it to be? However, I thought your answer was well thought out and provoking.
Ryan
You gave two very interesting answers here. First that giving life meaning is to give yourself motivation to live. And that the meaning of life is happiness. For both, you were also able to explain the ‘why’ aspect well. You showed reasoning and deep thinking, while remaining honest and providing a new perspective to the discussion. What I appreciated most was that you didn’t just state your answer, you went on to explain it.
Karma
I felt this answer was very honest and I truly understand you as a person more through reading this. You also introduced an interesting thought that we are all here for a reason and the meaning of life is to find that passion/reason.
Jay
My favourite thing about your answer was reading your personal thoughts that “we are here to take care of the Earth”. I would have LOVED to hear more about this in your answer as it was a very fresh perspective on the topic. As a whole your answer definitely showed deep thinking through your discussion of how it varies amongst each person, but still is rooted in destiny, once again a little more depth here would have been interesting to read too.
Princess
What I loved most about your answer was that you didn’t dance around the topic. You got straight to the point and then explained why you believe this. I do believe you could have went into a little more depth regarding the ‘why’ aspect, however I felt you were very honest in your answer.
Johnny
In your answer you out-right said life has no meaning. And you were able to back up your answer through your explanation and provide a new perspective on life. Others who answered similarly to you were not able to truly explain WHY they believe life lacks meaning or WHY it changes from person to person, but I feel your explanation explained this well AND provided an optimistic touch to such a pessimistic outlook. You showed deep thinking and honesty in your answer.
Stranded
Your answer was quite interesting. It seems your answer was rooted in mortality and the finitude of life, which is quite a fresh perspective. I do believe you could have explained this better/more but I felt, as a whole, your answer was quite honest and showed deep thinking through a new lens.
Lifeiscool
I loved the honesty in your response. Although it did feel as though you contradicted yourself in your answer. At one point you said ‘there is no purpose to life’ and then you stated ‘we are only here to reproduce…’ therefore, it seems you are saying the meaning of life is to reproduce. This biological approach to the question could have been better explained, rather than via a throwaway sentence. I do however, appreciate the deep-thinking and explanation you gave when disregarding abstract purposes of life.
Andalarew
I enjoyed the view of ‘it depends on our perceptions of life’ that you introduced. While it is similar to many approaches previously mentioned I feel like it explains why we all give ourselves different meanings well. Therefore, you have introduced a well-reasoned and honest argument to the discussion.
🏅🏅🏅RESULTS🏅🏅🏅
Now for the moment you have all been waiting for!!! Results!! I will begin by announcing the player who won the round. This player will have immunity in the next round. Meaning if they are in the bottom two, the player in 3rd last will be nominated for elimination instead.
The player with the best answer was...
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RYAN!!
Your explanation was clear and well reasoned while providing honesty and deep thinking, and this is why you have won this round.
Now...
Although this round is NOT an elimination round. Lets see how it WOULD have played out if it was.
The players in the bottom 2 were...
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Mackey and Wolven
Both your answers failed to really dive deep into the topic and show true honesty and what the meaning of life is to you personally. That is why you are at the bottom of todays rankings.
However, only 1 of you would have been eliminated.
The player that WOULD HAVE been eliminated is...
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MACKEY
Unfortunately, Wolven's answer gave more specificity than yours and was able to explain the 'why' aspect a little better. In the future more depth and honesty in your answer will help you score higher :). You would have ranked lowest overall this round (since this has been the only ranking so far) and would have been eliminated. Lucky for you this is not an elimination round and you are still in the game!
🏆🏆🏆RANKINGS🏆🏆🏆
For the rest of you, here is where you ranked this round!
