mindless void

[Jessicaa_]

What's the meaning of "mindless" in the sentence "A speck of matter in a mindless void" - poem Planet Earth by Michael Jackson

 

[PaulQ]

Probably, "non-sentient"

 

[Jessicaa_]

don't really get it, but thank you!

 

[Jektor]

"mindless" means without a mind or brain.
Here "mindless void" means the empty space outside the Earth where there is no life - there isn't a mind there which can think - so it is "mindless":

Adjective. 1. mindless - lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being; "the shrieking of the mindless wind..."
thefreedictionary.com - mindless
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[Jessicaa_]

"mindless" means without a mind or brain.
Here "mindless void" means the empty space outside the Earth where there is no life - there isn't a mind there which can think - so it is "mindless":

Adjective. 1. mindless - lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being; "the shrieking of the mindless wind..."
thefreedictionary.com - mindless
.

like a void without minds? without humans?

 

[kentix]

Not just humans. Any sort of thinking creature at all. Any intelligence of any type. Just empty.

 

[Hermione Golightly]

I think it precludes any idea of omnipotent supernatural being with a plan; 'godless' in other words.

 

[Jessicaa_]

thank you!