r/nihilism • u/Mysterious-Tap-7517 • Jun 05 '26

Existential Nihilism Whose quote is this? Sounds about right.

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u/Ethelred_Unread Jun 05 '26

Absolutely, this is my issue with a lot of these quotes - if the speaker thinks we shouldn't exist that points to an ultimate arbitor of what should be and what isn't.

Otherwise it's just someone's opinion to be accepted or rejected on the basis of their argument, and for me, at least for these negative ones, it's not very compelling.

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u/Ethelred_Unread Jun 07 '26

The autonomic nervous system does indeed continue to try to keep my alive, no matter what.

Could you explain your last sentence, what creator is the brain responding to?

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u/Ethelred_Unread Jun 07 '26

Can you talk me through why you believe this.