What happens when human existence lacks meaning or purpose?

Nihilism
Nihilism. Nihilism suggests that life is without objective meaning. Friedrich Nietzsche characterized nihilism as emptying the world, and especially human existence, of meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, and essential value; succinctly, nihilism is the process of “the devaluing of the highest values”.

What does it mean sophomoric?

1 : conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature a sophomoric argument. 2 : lacking in maturity, taste, or judgment sophomoric humor.

What is the meaning of non-existence?

Non-existence is the idea that something that does exist has about the absence of everything. If non-existence could lead to something, then surely that capacity to lead to something cannot be considered nothing. If non-existence could lead to the existence of time or energy,…

Can non-existence be proven through annihilation?

No one has ever proven that non-existence is possible through annihilation. The closest proof has been in the context of physics, where it can be proven that a subatomic particles can collide with its antiparticle, resulting in a zero rest mass. (Id.) As stated above, other than physics, non-existence can be argued by philosophers and religionists.

Is there such a thing as nothing?

There literally is no such thing as “nothing”. And absence implies exclusionary constraints (for instance, different spatiotemporal coordinates). Sometimes we talk about the “non-existence” of a person or thing. But we only mean that a particular configuration of matter has changed forms. But that form still exists,…

Can mystical experiences be proven to be true?

By definition, mystical experiences don’t come pre-labeled with some God’s name on it – if they have anything in common, they are just infinitely mysterious. That’s why mystics end up disagreeing over which God they experience, or (more wisely) they just agree that nothing can be proven. Theologians are aware of these obstacles.