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Well my philosophy is that it is likely that you are right. Indeed, there is a high chance that there is no hope for the human race and no point in trying to sa
by timthelion 9y ago
Well my philosophy is that it is likely that you are right. Indeed, there is a high chance that there is no hope for the human race and no point in trying to save it, given that it is evil and doesn't deserve to be saved anyways. However, given that we are the only life in the known universe, this leads to a nihilistic conclusion. The nice thing about nihilistic conclusions is that they are like wildcards. They say nothing about what one should and should not do. If there is no hope and no point, there is no reason not to try, because trying is no worse than not trying. There is no reason not to hope, because hoping is no worse than not hoping. Basically, nihilistic conclusions should have no effect on the reasoning of a rational person. So even if there is %99.99 chance that everything is hopeless and meaningless, we can disregard that %99.99 and focus on the %0.01 chance of hope.
That is why I am hopeful, that a mars colony could be an eye opener for us. Because hope is the only meaningful possibility.
Imagine that you find yourself paralyzed, unable to feel, and blind. You can hear nothing, feel nothing, and see nothing. And you see a randomly blinking light. You are quite sure that the blinking is random. Would you try to find sense in the pattern of blinking? You are %99.99 sure that it is random. But why should that certainly dissuade you from trying to find a pattern? Would any rational person not try?