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I think people can do science without even understanding it or without any real feel for it at all. They must be very intelligent people with great me...

I agree with the idea that the concept of "particle", or "wave" is not the reality. There is no real wave-particle duality it's just mathematically co...

There's a lot of terminology I'm throwing around here without defining it properly. Yes, I have beliefs in the sense of - there is enough evidence for...

Thanks, I may actually hang around here bit a when I get the time. I haven't really done much philosophical sparring since my dope-smoking college day...

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense to me. The only thing is that I wouldn't say I have a problem accepting other people's beliefs, when they are not fo...

It sounds like you're trying to convince me that there is inherent meaning in the pursuit of knowledge, but I'm not dismissing it, it's certainly how ...

If it was an instinctive stance nowadays, then we'd all be nihilists, wouldn't we? No, I think the instinctive stance is still to look for something d...

"What is an absolute believe, and why should the lack of having one be a problem? Why do you expect anyone should have them?" I'm not sure what I mean...

I admit that does sound a bit preachy but I really don't think science should tell people what they ought to think (some scientists think they have th...

I'm starting to realise that explaining this is proving pretty much impossible. You'd have to get to know me for long enough to realise you could neve...

I have beliefs in the sense that "I believe that it's going to rain this afternoon" but absolute belief in anything that I don't know to be true, I re...

A lot have said something similar, but it's more of a general conclusion. Of course, I'm far from certain about this but when you've lived for 43 year...

I don't think the rationalisation of an emotional state amounts to a world-view

Thanks for that, I read it a few times and I'm still a little confused. There's a lot of confusion all round, here. I am trying to explain myself as c...

There's no such thing as "nihilist thinking", it's just thinking with an open-mind and only believing what you know is true. Then everything you know ...

I would agree with pretty much all you've said there, except that I've never felt that there should be objective meaning in the universe. I don't even...

"So, you're a "nihilist" in the sense that there is no meaning "out there", but not a "nihilist" in the sense that there is no meaning whatsoever? Bec...

I don't have a religious view of science. I don't have a religious view of anything. Also, the cultural malaise you talk about has nothing to do with ...

"becoming a vegetarian" - you mean take something I already do for personal reasons, convince myself it's for altruistic reasons so I can feel superio...

Once again, I don't have a world-view. Nihilism is the absence of a world-view. I really did think this might be the one forum where I didn't have to ...

I don't have a problem getting relationships started, the early parts are fun for me, I love being with a woman and I love sex. I think I put it best ...

I have tried writing poetry, but this happens - We're just a happening in time and space Or what happens when these happenings connect We're just an e...

I don't know why I'm bothering here, since you've clearly copied this from a previous post, but it is perfect example of how brains are wired differen...

I don't really see scientific progress (which I don't equate with the idea of societal progress that the west is obsessed with) as one theory replacin...

It's not what I say or do, certainly in any conscious way. I do short-term, superficial, fun-driven, sex-driven relationships pretty well, but that's ...

I think history, and non-secular cultures today, tell us this. When societies have religion peoples' lives have meaning. When western culture embraced...

It's biological, every other animal on the planet has meaning without looking for it. Humans have gradually lost meaning and have consequently acquire...

I've come across Zappfe before and it's interesting stuff but my problem is not how do I deal with "meaninglessness" on a personal level it's how do I...

It's no good saying "look at it this way" because I'm not looking at it in any way. Nihilism isn't a choice, it's what happens when you don't make a c...

I'm not sure I follow this, but thanks. I don't think you can compare scientific knowledge now to the end of the 19th century. Vastly more progress ha...

Well, Kierkegaard would say that since he's trying to justify his faith against what was perceived as the opposition. These days it makes him sound li...

For me, what we experience and observe is the universe, unless you want to get into the whole brain in a vat thing. Modern science describes this almo...