Or they’ll blame you for roping them into this exploitative shitshow with a side of climate apocalypse, and they’ll be correct.
Or they’ll blame you for roping them into this exploitative shitshow with a side of climate apocalypse, and they’ll be correct.
I did not. I was referring to a specific premise involved, which includes “extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence.” Which is relevant and appropriate. In short. But philosophy 101 is always enjoyable to discuss.
Yes, there is philosophical pessimism and skepticism within nihilism, but those can be mostly or entirely separated from the philosophical stances espoused by nihilists.
I would argue that most of the comments we see in this thread actually show is more of David Benatar’s antinatalist argument which is apart of philosophical pessimism. You don’t have to be a nihilist to agree with what he is arguing in it.
But yet, they do