I think to an extent it could be both, but mostly a very personal experience. No one grows up exactly the same as another, eveyrone has their own specific way of thinking. Like when someone asks, "well what do you think we are here for whats the point?" Me and another person may have a similar thought on paper, but maybe there is something missing because it just cant be explained. Or they will be completely diffrent, maybe one person was taught the meaning of life is the follow the word of whatever god they beileve in, while I think the complete opposite. The truth is what we make it really, even if it "dumb" that could be your reality, your truth