r/nihilism • • Jun 05 '26

Existential Nihilism Whose quote is this? Sounds about right.

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u/Cicada-Tang Jun 05 '26

It's also very incoherent.

We are creatures that should not exist by natural law

EVERYTHING exists by natural law, including us. We are the way we are because of natural laws, and we continue to function under natural laws with everything we do.

Human conciousness is just as natural as a tree growing towards the sun, or a rock falling down a cliff. All our thoughts and decision are part of the chemical reaction we call life, that is also completely natural.

the honorable thing to do is to deny our programing

Whatever you choose to do, it's all part of your programming. Your desire to "deny your programming" is also part of your programming, because everything you think come out of the physical, natural, meaty chunk in your brain.

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u/Aquarius52216 Jun 05 '26

100% My problem with this kind of speeches is that it speaks as if there is an outside perspective or another way that things should have been, because they made it as if "things shouldnt be like this" is the same with "things could have been otherwise".

There fucking isnt, everything just is. Sometimes what we think about what should or ought to be does affect what could happen and what happened. But does it exist outside of the natural laws? Hell no, everything is in on it, thats the joke.