Cont' from: "Purpose" - Monday, 27 May 2013
The worst Travesty that could befal the cosmos is for it to pass, unnoticed, uncomprehended, and unadmired from existence to nothingness.
I was challenged the other day, someone claimed that this would not in fact be the worst case scenario. the universe after all, they stated, didn't have to exist at all, wouldn't pure nothingness be worse that a universe without an admirer? A universe as intricate and beautiful as our lacking only in intelligent life to comprehend it?
This had in fact occurred to me, my answer is no. It is not the complete lack of existence that is the most tragic of circumstances.
I stand by my original statement. It is the close one. The near miss. The fire that didn't have to happen. The man who wins the lottery and then dies of a heart attack that same day. That man has the more tragic story than the man who dies in a car wreck, he almost made it, he was close. The near miss is the most tragic. We do not mourn the trillions of children never born, yet we weep for those unfortunate souls whose existence ends in childhood or babyhood.
In the 2013 Playoffs Toronto fans never expected to best Boston. But in the final game the Leafs astounded everyone by gaining a 4-1 lead. Then... well we all know what happened... But the failure was made more brutal by the near victory.
In this same way a Universe that never existed would be no more tragic than a child who was never born. But a universe without life? A child without a mind. The most tragic of all circumstances.
