(November 15, 2018 at 9:53 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: It may not necessarily require ultimate consequences to make something meaningful, but that's not to say that having ultimate significance isn't an order of magnitude better than not having it.
Better in what way?
10,000 years from now no one will know I existed.
Were I tempted to worry about that, I can content myself with the notion that the guy 10,000 years from now who didn't know about me? -- In 20,000 years no one will know he existed either.
Significance? Pfft. Don't need it.
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Dr H
"So, I became an anarchist, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
Dr H
"So, I became an anarchist, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
