"If sub specie aeternitatis there is no reason to believe that anything matters, then that does not matter either...
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@MemberOfSpecies I think because heroism and despair imply mattering whereas irony doesn't?
@sarahdoingthing If it doesn't matter that nothing matters, why does it matter if you feel a thing that implies mattering?
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@MemberOfSpecies haha I'm not sure he addresses that particular apply-principle-to-itself - maybe he's sneaking in utility as mattering -
@MemberOfSpecies you guys are so efficient, twitter makes me wish I was writing a philosophy dissertation - 3 more replies
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@MemberOfSpecies@sarahdoingthing This is recycled Camus, though, and hopelessly last-century. -
@Meaningness moral license to live life as a big joke seems valuable, but I mostly agree (more sympathetic to Nagel than Camus) - 5 more replies
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@MemberOfSpecies@sarahdoingthing It doesn’t (if you accept his terms), but irony is at least possible, where the other two aren’t.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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