Wisdom

Humans are meaning makers; we can't stop

Quote

he makes the point that we humans are meaning makers. We, we are the only things in the universe that do that. We give, we, we give everything meaning, we can't stop it.

Episode 206: Substance Dualist (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:06:16 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Drawing on Iain McGilchrist, Dave says making meaning is the core of being human. We give everything meaning, we can't help it, and as far as we know we're the only things in the universe that do.