• flashgnash@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    I would go a step further to say life isn’t that important as a whole in the grand scheme of the universe

    We as humans place value on it because we’re part of it, we rely on it to carry on existing, and we’re curious and find it interesting

    Could argue that intelligence/sentience is important but it’s only important from the perspective of beings with intelligence

    • overload@sopuli.xyz
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      9 days ago

      I suppose I’m not 100% on Nihilism in that sense.

      I still value life of course, but the climate change existential dread which I feel pretty constantly is alleviated when I tell myself its only complete societal collapse/mass extinction event, rather than total destruction of life on the earth.

      • flashgnash@lemm.ee
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        9 days ago

        I wouldn’t say I’m a nihilist, I still care about sentient life and am also a vegetarian so can’t really say I don’t care about animals

        Just in the grand scheme of things if the earth blew up tomorrow it’s no biggie for the universe

        Generally put those kind of issues out of my mind by just reminding myself it’s out of my control anyway

        • overload@sopuli.xyz
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          9 days ago

          Oh yeah, the circles of influence are definitely helpful for your mental health.

          And true, I suppose even the earth blowing up doesn’t matter in the scheme of the universe.