Optimistic nihilism
"the ability of a person to create his own meaning after fully accepting that the universe is a large place of meaninglessness."...
"the ability of a person to create his own meaning after fully accepting that the universe is a large place of meaninglessness."...
Life is...well, it's something alright....
Short answer: Nature is governed by the logos which is based on reason....
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE SHOW SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN....
I recently got interested about the Age of Enlightenment, and more specifically Voltaire - and would like to read some of his works to understand him better....
Imagine a future where technology has advanced to an extent enabling the creation of an customized universe, for every individual. This extraordinary realm would be finely tuned to match each persons preferences, values and aspirations. Within this universe individuals would have control over their surroundings and experiences....
Human beings are hardwired to think about mundane irrelevant things periodically even if we elevate our state of consciousness to an higher level of thinking.The effect is ephemeral and we tend to go back or settle down to a lower tier again. It’s like constantly running away from darkness in search of light,(i.e the big...
As a thought experiment, consider a reality with a single human. There are no other humans, animals, or anything of that nature. Not in the past, present, or future....
This is a series of proposition that leads to the conclusion (somewhat convincing in my eyes) that we are not physical, but informational/numerical/mathematical structures....
In the thought experiment Mary's Room, it is argued that Mary gains new knowledge about the colour red when she leaves the room....