I think the main thing I took from science fiction was wallowing in the pessimism of authors like James Tiptree or Peter Watts The POV that all of this shit happened by chance, there is no God, evolution is a mindless heartless force The world doesn't really want you here
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If nothing we do matters, all that matters is what we do. We don't know if life has any meaning beyond what we give it. So fuck it. Who gives a shit? Live your life. Do the best you can with what you've got. I say this as someone who believes in Jesus with all my heart and soul.
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You don't need a deity to tell you to be kind and good. You don't need one to give your life meaning, either. Helps, maybe, but eh. Find your own way.
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I might have to unfollow you dude, just saying. I struggle with these thoughts daily and I already have enough anxiety as it is. (I just want to live my life without having to think about it, don't need any more reminders than I already give myself.) :/
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That's basically how I feel, at least regarding some inherent "purpose". Also, I've never understood why I should care about the future of humanity. Genes may be selected for survival and propagation, but that says nothing about how you "ought" to feel.
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That truth frees us to focus on what kind of life and what kind of world we want, and to make decisions and take action toward it, and to struggle with other humans over our different wants.
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It’s the opposite of giving up on anything; it makes everything a decision, and therefore a responsibility.
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Evolution requires that we are programmed to fear death, but also demands we die. We can't ever like it, we can only become bored with obsessing over it . fear becomes angst becomes resigned nihilism.
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Evolution doesn't require any such thing. We don't fear death because of "evolution". It's a ridiculous statement on the face of it.
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