I’m new in this community. Anyone interested in engaging with these sorts of questions? If so, share your thoughts.

My initial inclination is that intrinsic value is an illusion.

  • @[email protected]OP
    0•6 months ago

    One could ask, does the universe without humans have value? Does order over chaos have value? Does energy vs empty space have value?

    If it would all still exist and go on this way without humans, it feels like someone or something must have seen value in it at least at some point. Or perhaps we do really exist in some manifestation of total chaos.

    • Kalash
      1•6 months ago

      But there is where I end up in the same question as @[email protected]. What exactly do you mean by value?

      I don’t know what you mean if order has value over chaos, but we have values for order and the general law is, that it’s going towards chaos. Entropy.

      And according to physicists, empty space itself has an energy value. They call it dark energy. No one knows what it is.

      Also, I think it’s a bit egocentric to think it’s all about humans. Who says we are the only ones with the concept of value, even just on our planet. Maybe we’re just an anomaly. Like mold growing on someone’s solar system model.