You can do neither. Knowing that there’s no inherent meaning to existence isn’t for everyone. And I would argue that it’s better to not be a nihilist at all than to be a pessimistic one.
Indeed, I do think the same. What I have trouble understanding, and even with close friends, is how “no inherent meaning to existence” seems to quickly become, in some cases, “no meaning to existence”. I always tend to think this slide tends to exclude another possibility. A non-inherent meaning.
One of my favorites! {the whole scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUt6sPXQQus) from the TV version, if you’re interested. Once of the best descriptions of optimistic nihilism I’ve ever seen.
Why not neither?
You can do neither. Knowing that there’s no inherent meaning to existence isn’t for everyone. And I would argue that it’s better to not be a nihilist at all than to be a pessimistic one.
Indeed, I do think the same. What I have trouble understanding, and even with close friends, is how “no inherent meaning to existence” seems to quickly become, in some cases, “no meaning to existence”. I always tend to think this slide tends to exclude another possibility. A non-inherent meaning.
Agreed. Whether we realize it or not, we humans have been making our own meaning ever since we first developed societies anyway.
That’s very true, yes. And non-inherent hardly means “weak” or “inefficient”.
Not at all. To quote Death from Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather:
Thanks for sharing, I like this one!
One of my favorites! {the whole scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUt6sPXQQus) from the TV version, if you’re interested. Once of the best descriptions of optimistic nihilism I’ve ever seen.