Serious Nietzsche in there. Looking forward to when it gets past nihilism to absurdism.
Serious Nietzsche in there. Looking forward to when it gets past nihilism to absurdism.
Having spent the last month staring into the abyss and Eldrich-level dread that is a pure, materialistic, reductionist universe, I wouldn’t wish that belief on anyone. There’s a deep, grasping of “there’s got to be more”, “this can’t all be chance”, “evolutionary hackery and garbage seems a poor explanation for love, compassion, empathy, and many other self-sacrificial practices we have”.
There’s only a few reasons that are slowly pulling me from that hell; but I cannot imagine that “most” people live here, even “deep down”.
> Inherent meaning, purpose and objective value for random agglutinations of particles is a ridiculous concept.
Absurdism believes the same, but simply posits that we don't have to be a whiny baby about it.