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MP Hirsh's avatar

This is a very important insight that shows the subtlety of your mind: "A person ought to spend less time thinking about what they are and more time being what they are."

Many before you have noted our insignificance in the face of the universe. But you see what that means ....

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Calder Hirsh's avatar

It is meant to be a counter to nihilism as a response to what is undoubtedly a very nihilistic culture and collective unconscious. Scientific rationality has led to nihilism without providing any good argument as to why the scientific revolution is necessarily nihilistic in any way. Scientists aren’t good philosophers

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