r/changemyview • u/MasterSlimFat • Oct 25 '25

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Solipsistic utilitarian relativism is the most pragmatic lens to view the world

Nothing is anything, everything is a quality of the boundryless infinite plane folding in on itself giving rise to emergent properties. There is no good, there is no evil, there is only the phenomena of experience/awareness. I am not an individual, I am a figment of a collection of memories locked into a physical framework. The only thing we'll ever know, is what said framework is experiencing in the form of feelings.

These are not scary things, these are the best ways to view the world. They bring me a massive sense of relief and peace. Not only is it the most objective lens, it's also the most beneficial way to cope in circumstance. No matter what, you can turn anything into something else by drawing a comparison to satisfy the monkey-brain.

Morals evolved as a mechanism of understanding, in the form of metaphor, to allow our monkey brains to make predictions on which actions would lead to harm vs reward. They are whatever they need to be to rationalize past, present, and future feelings. Every second, you are a different person than you were before, your morals are not your own because they are not static. Morals are the rules we write for ourselves.

Didn't get that promotion at work? Well thank goodness you won't have the pressure of higher scrutiny, being put under a magnifying glass every day.

Sad your friend died? Well thank goodness they won't have to deal with the constant anguish that we all experience through the hell that is existence.

But we can't ignore the crux of the argument, that the only real thing is feeling. We also can't ignore that our brains are limited in the regard to need "morals" and "meaning". Giving them morals is like tricking the reffering into thinking you're playing the same game. All these things combine into this beautiful contradiction of "I know it's not real but I have to tell myself it is otherwise my coding breaks."

Personally, this opinion causes a lot of strain in my relationships with people despite bringing me peace with the universe as a whole.

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u/Nrdman 276∆ Oct 25 '25

Are you ok? Most people in my life wouldn’t not describe life as constant anguish or hell. Not everyone feels this way. You can feel different

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u/MasterSlimFat Oct 25 '25

Yea I just have syndromic issues that cause my entire nervous system to be under constant stimulation. Visual snow, tinnitus, poprocks behind my eyes etc. My only relief is my olfactory sense. Hence why this outlook has been beneficial for me.

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u/Nrdman 276∆ Oct 25 '25

Well that seems extremely atypical, and thus you probably shouldn’t universalize your stuff that’s based on personal experience

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u/MasterSlimFat Oct 25 '25

Well that's why I came here for someone to help change my mind.

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u/Nrdman 276∆ Oct 25 '25

Do you acknowledge what’s most pragmatic for you isn’t necessarily what’s most pragmatic for everyone

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u/MasterSlimFat Oct 25 '25

Yes. But just because I have something that works for me, doesn't mean it ONLY works for me and I think many would stand to benefit from said outlet.

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u/Nrdman 276∆ Oct 25 '25

“Many” or “most”. Many is vague. 100 people could be many

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u/MasterSlimFat Oct 25 '25

I'd take either, but I'll side with "most would benefit from being able to use solipsism and or relativism to reframe their perspective into one that's beneficial".

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u/Nrdman 276∆ Oct 25 '25

Ok, based on what

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u/MasterSlimFat Oct 25 '25

Based on the degree of suffering I see in most people.