The Causeless Cause

I’m currently reading a book on determinism, and I came across this term – the causeless cause. I realized that that is what I am searching for in my series of writings about The Point. I want to know the cause of human life that has no precedent cause, and the intent or impetus behind that initial cause. But, as I write that, I realize that intent or impetus behind something by definition would mean it has a cause, so it could not be the causeless cause that I am looking for. So I am back to square one, or the potential conclusion that everything is random.

Determinism may play a role in this thought process, but the ramifications of that are something that I hadn’t even begun to consider. And they are fairly massive, having to do with free will, moral responsibility, control (or lack thereof), biology, neuroscience, sociology… the list goes on. Not to mention the question of, “if everything is determined by circumstances that we can’t control, may not even be aware of, cannot mitigate or alter, and we are going to do as those circumstances dictate, then what is the fucking point of anything?”

So many things to ponder….

But for now, I read.

Have a great night!