we do not truly know why anything matters; that is to say, we all have our respe

ctive views of the importance and relevancy of certain things whether they be in
tangible or very concrete. The fact that there is a consensus on many "common kn
owledge" ideas proves very well that an understanding of something has been reac
hed on a certain level, but as you go deeper or into a more indivualistic case,
the opinions on that so-called common knowledge example become more varied. Even
those who share the most minute opinions on generally accepted things have a di
fferent wording to, and often a different interpretation of, them.
To further clarify, the relevancy of things can be confirmed within a marginal d
egree of doubt but what we as human beings can't verify is a genuine purpose (at
the very root) of anything. For the sake of argument, say someone's looking at
an invention and they realize "this came into existence due to curiosity, ingenu
ity, necessity, demand, convenience, total accident, or even out of spite" and t
hey really do know the reasoning for such a thing to occupy space. Alright so th
at's settled, but if that someone were to explain the purpose of said invention
or even the reason that the demand/necessity/etc. had to exist in the first plac
e then it would start to get somewhat confusing. Not to mention even if that som
eone could perfectly relay their thoughts and their friend agreed with them, the
re's no telling just how that person's mind analyzes the facts they're given and
turns them into an explanation for something as abstract as a purpose. The reas
on I say that this purpose can't actually be ascertained is because, although pe
ople can come to a consensus on overall relevancy it's not as easy to conform to
a single solid view of the purposeful nature of anything. It may be obvious tha
t this comes naturally with any matter that is mostly subjective, but then again
, plenty of ideas start out as subjective conjectures that may not even make sen
se in the given time period. Maybe when it comes to agreeing on the purpose--the
finite cause of something's existence and the cause of that which created it (o
n and on until the root of the subject) both having a place and reason to exist-
-of a broad spectrum of things, we'll just have to wait longer than we've alread
y waited to explain the factual nature/relevancy/functional value of things, whi
ch now seem to us as a simple scholarly task. There is hope for discovery on suc
h an abstract level, it's just the timeframe which is obscured.