RE: Absurdism
March 3, 2011 at 12:48 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2011 at 12:51 am by reverendjeremiah.)
As I said before, absirdism and nihilism is closely related. You clearly understand the problem with human intent when connected with the cosmos (and you did a SUPURB job of giving some examples of it). The only difference I have seen between Nihilism and Absurdism is how strong the wording is. Nihilism says "there is no inherent meaning, and to ask for one is irrelevant" where the absurdist says "there PROBABLY is no inherent meaning, and to ask for one is more than likely absurd." Otherwise, Nihilism and Absurdism pretty much see eye to eye.
You seem to pretty much have a grasp on the concepts. As I said before, I am no professional or expert on Absurdism, but if I were to sum up the entire Cosmos in a sentence:
"There is something really fucked up going on here!"
That pretty much covers it for me in one sentence. Perhaps you agree, perhaps not. Too many unturned stones, too many unanswered questions, too many chances that human imagination has replaced reliable data, too many chances that reliable data may actually be unreliable. Talk about an uncertainty principle.
I used to preach against universal skepticism, but it seems the older I get, the more it seems to make sense with everything I see and learn.
You seem to pretty much have a grasp on the concepts. As I said before, I am no professional or expert on Absurdism, but if I were to sum up the entire Cosmos in a sentence:
"There is something really fucked up going on here!"
That pretty much covers it for me in one sentence. Perhaps you agree, perhaps not. Too many unturned stones, too many unanswered questions, too many chances that human imagination has replaced reliable data, too many chances that reliable data may actually be unreliable. Talk about an uncertainty principle.
I used to preach against universal skepticism, but it seems the older I get, the more it seems to make sense with everything I see and learn.
