Don't mean to disrespect author,but this=trivial.We didn't lose meaning when Hubble discovered other galaxies existhttps://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/855818501990137856 …
Well… my impression is that did happen, starting with heliocentrism, and then repeatedly as cosmic distances were discovered
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But the actual point is that “viewed from cosmic distances, everything is meaningless” is a common argument in the wild,
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so it does need refutation (if nihilism is worth refuting; I think it is). It’s only one, bad argument, but they’re all bad!
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maybe I simply haven't read enough old texts to hear of that kind of reaction after Galileo? it honestly surprises me
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My memory is a bit vague, so I may just be wrong. Would need a bit of googling :)
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