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"that life is inherently unfair and often dark" I disagree completely. The universe is benevolent by default because it has absolutely no supernatural characte
by maxharris 17y ago
"that life is inherently unfair and often dark"
I disagree completely. The universe is benevolent by default because it has absolutely no supernatural character, and no inherent conciousness to make it anything else. Without this, science would not be possible (according to my biochemistry professor, who said "Nature does not play tricks.") I go one step further say that this applies to morality; that life is what you make of it in the vast preponderance of cases.
- pw0ncakes 17y ago"Inherently unfair and often dark" was an exaggeration on my part. The universe is benevolent by default because it has absolutely no supernatural character, Wouldn't this make it utterly neutral? What I meant to say, and didn't articulate very well, is that human societies have egregious failures that often undermine progress. Most people are good, but most of the people who get power and status (at least in the short-term, first-order senses of these words) are the despicable, evil ones.