Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Randomness.

Had a swim trial earlier. Didnt mean to join, just to swim. Now i cant feel my legs. Ouch. Haven't had a cramp in the water for damn long, now i remember how bad it feels.

TH band performed. Very well! Fantastic, gives me faith in local music again. wahaha. Far better than the other bands that were there tonight.

I wonder, what is the meaning of life?

What is the reason and rationale behind everything you do? The underlying motive behind human reaction and motion.

After certain thought, i believe that the reason for life- Is the quest for happiness. Why do we study? Because we are certain that if we do well we are happy. Or that we are programmed to feel happy when we do well. That brings up the question of free will. Which will be another night, another day. What can i say. Its just the same old brand new you. Aaargh. Back to the point. We do things to make ourselves happy. Would you do anything that does not bring yourself happiness? Maybe i'll go to the gym. While it does not bring me immediate happiness (rather it brings me pain and self inflicted torture), the belief that going regularly to the gym will make me better physically and hence bring me happiness in the long run.

Taking an economic point of view, the best way to lead your life is to maximise your satisfaction (utility) in whatever you do.

Or is it? It pains me to reduce the complexities of a varied and interesting life to such simple equations. We want to be happy. What we do make us happy. So we do things only to make ourselves happy. Is that all there is?

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