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I Think you all need to read more Camus.

AMassiveGay (talk)23:02, 16 February 2012

If Wikipedia is correct -- "In philosophy, "The Absurd" refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any. In this context absurd does not mean "logically impossible," but rather "humanly impossible."[1] The universe and the human mind do not each separately cause the Absurd, but rather, the Absurd arises by the contradictory nature of the two existing simultaneously." -- then that's bullshit.

Nihilist (talk)23:04, 16 February 2012

How is it bullshit?

AMassiveGay (talk)23:17, 16 February 2012

Abstract philosophy pulled directly out of the rectum. I'd say that, yes, it is logically impossible for objective value and meaning to exist.

Nihilist (talk)23:20, 16 February 2012
 

Everyone needs to read more Camus. And if they can't, there's always the animated version, Camus and Squirrel. (Man, that's gotta be my worst pun of the year.)

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)23:20, 16 February 2012

I think perhaps, nihlist, you have missed the point. The fact that life the universe and whatever has no meaning is not in dispute. Certainly not by me. The point of the absurd is how you deal with that knowledge. You either embrace whatever activities you like and embue them with your own subject meaning and passion. The Absurd, in Camus's sense (or at least this is what i got from him) is to create your own purpose, your own meaning, and essentially live your life. Its how most people live their lives. There is nothing abstract about that. It is to stave of nihlism which is essentially a philosphy of despair. My own poor mental health and substance abuse issues are testiment to that.

AMassiveGay (talk)23:54, 16 February 2012

Well,n ow we're just getting into semantics then.

Nihilist (talk)23:56, 16 February 2012

Not really. My point, and has always been my point, is that it is not enough to say 'there is no meaning, therefore I am nihlist'. The statement is meaningless if everything you say and do says otherwise. Besides. There is no cachet is saying you are a nihlist. Every spotty teenager says they are.

AMassiveGay (talk)00:04, 17 February 2012

Whatever you want to call me, I don't believe in objective morality, meaning, purpose, etc.

Stupid Troll Guy (talk)00:09, 17 February 2012