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Originally Posted by avandonk

..... There is no invisible hand directing anything.

The Universe is a cold dark place. Or is that it is a bit hot in bits.
It is up to each one of us to do the best we can for ourselves and others.
It is all we have each, for too short a time!
Bert

Originally Posted by simmo

... There are some things that we are just not meant to understand. As much as that irritates. I embrace the mystery as it reminds of how wonderful and inspiring this world can be and perhaps that there is more to this life than what would seem on the outside and what can be explained by men and women.

Yes.. universe is mostly cold and hot here and there, and that is what is most interesting, I do not find it sad at all.
On the contrary, isn't this mysterious enough?

However, Simmo, you are talking about human mind, which is wonderful and inspiring, and this ability of ours is what is offering us more than just survival and passing our genes to next generations.
But, as Bert wrote, even this is only part of that cold, hot and unpredictable universe, governed by physics.
And there is nothing wrong in trying to understand the universe as it is.
This activity is not making us any better, but not worse either… and it is great fun.