An interesting note here is the similarity between the conclusions derived from the first and last viewpoints, although it may be because of the cursory explanations offered here. It should be stated that death gives meaning to life because if there were no death, there would be no impetus to action, no need for memory, no need for life, again taking us back to survival as the basic element for the meaning of life. As opposed to being validated by some suspect continued existence, a viewpoint that denies life itself by seeing it as, more or less, a tedious ‘test’ to a greater existence, who’s meaning is…insert myth here.

I myself subscribe to the subjective content analysis, but rather than seeing it as avoiding the question, I see it as the most rational answer. The rebuttal is that value is being assigned to meaninglessness, but in fact, what has meaning or value in the universe? The universe is itself neutral. Good and evil exist only in the human mind, themselves being values painted on an indifferent world. Humanity itself creates and brings the idea of value, the experience itself being subjective, so that the values that are assigned, and with them, the meaning of each personal life follows.

As far as being a distraction, that implies meaning somewhere else, from which we are being distracted, which, since the world is meaniningless, is not true. Empty desires is a subjective assignment of value as well, and as a conscious observer everyone is allowed to choose that for themselves. Self-fulfilling is a noble trait; to go and become to the best of one’s ability in any endeavor should be on the list of everyone’s lifetime meaningful things to-do list.

And suddenly out of meaninglessness, meaning is born. The universe gives way to life, and life gives back meaning to the universe.