'Everything happens for a reason and you need to find the silver lining behind this'. This is often said when tragedies strike. Is it a genuine claim or just serve a psychological function? First of all, does 'everything have a reason' to occur? If so, does the reason have to be a good one? Does the reason have to be meaningful to us? If one claims the reason is transcendental, how does one know this? Is the claim 'everything happens for a reason' analogous to 'every event has a cause?' I am only interested in the philosophical status of this talk, I fully understand the motive behind saying this in tragic situations.
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