> If you believe life is meaningless, it is. If you believe there's meaning, there is.
If you believe that there's meaning, and struggle to achieve said meaning, but ultimately failing, or ultimately proven that the struggle was ineffective at achieving said meaning, you will turn bitter and end up unhappy.
If you believe life is meaningless, you will observe that your internal model is correct, and thus be vindicated, if not cynical towards everything.
> you will observe that your internal model is correct
What I was saying is that there is nothing extrinsic to compare an internal model to, so you should know that any meaning created is your own. Creating meaning that requires you achieve something and possibly fail seems unnecessary.
I view willful ignorance as a method of resisting potential pain - and resisting anything usually introduces its own pain at some level. I find that being aware of, and accepting of pain works well for me, although I'm not always good at it.
If you believe that there's meaning, and struggle to achieve said meaning, but ultimately failing, or ultimately proven that the struggle was ineffective at achieving said meaning, you will turn bitter and end up unhappy.
If you believe life is meaningless, you will observe that your internal model is correct, and thus be vindicated, if not cynical towards everything.
That's why ignorance is bliss.