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If people were 100% rational, would the world be better?
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RE: If people were 100% rational, would the world be better?
(August 9, 2021 at 4:35 pm)Klorophy Wrote: Actually, you can't value the now. Given that, in any given moment, we have widepsread suffering and inequality in this world, and absent an afterlife guaranteed by an all-powerful being that will outweigh the suffering, there is no value to this life whatsover. If you posit any intrinsic value to life, that would be a profound insult to all those short-lived people and those who never really got the chance to enjoy their lives.

So, if life isn't perfect, it has no meaning?  Meaning to who?

We create our own meaning.  The Earth doesn't care if we live or die.  Where suffering exists, we should work to alleviate it.  When we can't, we can be witnesses to it.  Yes, witnessing tragedy is painful, but it reminds us of work that still needs to be done, and helps us value the time we have.

You think the existence of pain and suffering is evidence for a god - because only a god can create a happy ending?  Who says there has to be a happy ending?  This isn't a Disney movie.
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RE: If people were 100% rational, would the world be better? - by HappySkeptic - August 9, 2021 at 4:47 pm

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