The philosophy of absurdism | What is the point of life? | A-Z of ISMs Episode 1 - BBC Ideas

What is the point of life? What if life has no meaning at all? Writer and critic David Quantick explores the absurdness of absurdism.

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[heckoffmate]

Wow, I've been saying, "nothing matters, and that's awesome" for so long, didn't even know about absurdism.

[MicrophoneHell-ecbm]

I thought I was nihilist. Now, I found out I am an absurdist.

[dinglebop]

I pretty much just say that if nothing matters then the fact nothing matters also doesn't matter so we should just stop worrying about it and move on

[gwilwilliams]

I’ve just discovered that I’m an absurdist. It’s only taken me 70 years to find my label. This is absurd.
Incidentally I’d just like to say that two of my favourite films are Monty Python’s Life of Brian and Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove.

[lggingyt]

One must imagine Sisyphus happy. By sisyphus accepting his punishment he became happy. By us accepting the absurd we go in accordance with it and in a way form a relationship with meaningless and somehow make our own subjective meaning. Sounds absurd but it's meaningless to ponder on it. Just act.

[femstora]

This is just what I needed so liberating

[kaworureal]

Absurdism says that there MAY be meaning, we just can't know it, and should instead live for the pleasures of the moment.

[ryanratchford]

Lots of types of philosophy inspires media in all mediums. That's basically what Art is

[paigeherrin]

Woah, finally! How did I not know about this? I’ve been told I’m an existentialist, I’ve been told I’m a nihilist. I just kinda thought I was atheist. Turns out, it’s absurdism. Who knew? I feel like this information is literally what I’ve been trying to explain when I’m asked about being atheism. Like could be verbatim. I’m gonna check out Camus.

[TheJamaican]

Basically absurdism is embracing insanity

[god]

1:35 were those stripped blue graphics on the screen placed on purpose as a reference to Camus' Stranger?

[jonathanjollimore]

Didn't know about absurdism till only a few year ago I noticed how absurder things were on my own

[Kajenx]

Whoever wrote this video didn't do their research. "Life has no meaning, " is called Nihilism, not Absurdism. Absurdism is a philosophy that accepts humanity can't find a logical basis for meaning, even though finding things meaningful is an inevitable part of human life. So absurdists say to accept the absurdity of the situation and simply live a meaningful life WITHOUT justifying it logically. The word "absurd" means "something that is illogical or irrational." So Absurdists decide to be absurd: they live a meaningful life even though they have no way to describe that meaning with logic. Personally, I don't see any difference between Absurdism and Existentialism. In both cases they embrace meaning and purpose for human life, even in the absence of rationality and logic. Nihilism is fundamentally different because it rejects meaning altogether as an illogical construct and a fabrication from human emotions.

[natashaahmed]

The philosophy of Existentialism also gave rise to the Theatre of Existentialism, which is markedly different from the Theatre of Absurd.
Nonetheless, this video is fun!

[milanvarghese]

What tools do I need to learn to create videos like this?

[LuckyBird]

The myth of Sisyphus. Pushing a rock up a hill over and over, forever. And that's fine.

[Adev]

Gotta automatically relate with the Masterpiece of Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot. Haha

[FelixKolodziej]

I.. wasnt expecting that. I was looking for Informationmanagementsystems but... well.. You take, what you get.

[ralseiwithagun]

Don't worry all lifes problems can be solved with two apples and a pony

[ngocquenguyen]

"No Meaning! No point! No worries!" should be framed and hung up in every houses.