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If there were no such thing as cryonics I would travel to Brazil and go to the Amazon River and build a raft on it and live aboard it and fish and pick fruit an

If there were no such thing as cryonics I would travel to Brazil and go to the Amazon River and build a raft on it and live aboard it and fish and pick fruit and stare up in the sky and ponder The mystery of Life until it all ends.. why bother with this rat race and children and the worries of life when it's really just nothing ...has no meaning etc

shrimp_emoji 4y ago
For me, because life is really cool and interesting, and I love the fact that more people than have ever lived so far will probably live after I'm dead, and I'm happy they'll see and enjoy things I probably can't imagine. I want those future people, and the present people who are not me, to do well. I care about my life, and I'm sad it'll end, but that's just one drop of tragedy in the ocean of comedy. c: I think that emotional investment in others is crucial to overcoming death anxiety, at least for me (as a hardcore based fedora atheist). If your outlook is confined to your ego, everything seems pretty bleak and hopeless since your existence (which is the only thing you're emotionally invested in) is doomed to end, probably sorta miserably.
eternalban 4y ago
> has no meaning You should not put a book down half way and say it has no meaning. You haven't finished the book. We don't make unreasonable demands from authors or their books but when it gets to God (the author) and Life (the book) we make unreasonable demands. You have to finish reading the book.
- ornornor 3y ago
  I don’t believe any god has anything to do with anything. It’s all increasing entropy, chaos, and randomness as far as I’m concerned.
zdragnar 4y ago
You may be interested in reading https://meltingasphalt.com/a-nihilists-guide-to-meaning/ https://meltingasphalt.com/a-nihilists-guide-to-meaning/
timacles 4y ago
Meaning is whatever you give it. If you truly care about nothing then sure it's all pointless. But I'm sure you have interests, desires, passions. The meaning is then how you spend your time relative to those
- BigCryo 4y ago
  Huh?

shrimp_emoji 4y ago

For me, because life is really cool and interesting, and I love the fact that more people than have ever lived so far will probably live after I'm dead, and I'm happy they'll see and enjoy things I probably can't imagine. I want those future people, and the present people who are not me, to do well. I care about my life, and I'm sad it'll end, but that's just one drop of tragedy in the ocean of comedy. c: I think that emotional investment in others is crucial to overcoming death anxiety, at least for me (as a hardcore based fedora atheist). If your outlook is confined to your ego, everything seems pretty bleak and hopeless since your existence (which is the only thing you're emotionally invested in) is doomed to end, probably sorta miserably.

eternalban 4y ago

> has no meaning You should not put a book down half way and say it has no meaning. You haven't finished the book. We don't make unreasonable demands from authors or their books but when it gets to God (the author) and Life (the book) we make unreasonable demands. You have to finish reading the book.

ornornor 3y ago
I don’t believe any god has anything to do with anything. It’s all increasing entropy, chaos, and randomness as far as I’m concerned.

zdragnar 4y ago

You may be interested in reading https://meltingasphalt.com/a-nihilists-guide-to-meaning/ https://meltingasphalt.com/a-nihilists-guide-to-meaning/

timacles 4y ago

Meaning is whatever you give it. If you truly care about nothing then sure it's all pointless. But I'm sure you have interests, desires, passions. The meaning is then how you spend your time relative to those

BigCryo 4y ago
Huh?