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   Re: Wherefore the nihilism angst?   
   21 Feb 25 13:43:46   
   
   From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   D  writes:   
      
   > On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, oldernow wrote:   
   >   
   >> Seems like some people are easily triggered to anger by   
   >> the slightest whiff of what they consider nihilism.   
   >>   
   >> I can't help but wonder why.   
   >   
   > The ego is afraid of its own destruction. This is built into the   
   > organism, as part of the "low level" animal part. This has   
   > historically been necessary for us to thrive as a species.   
      
   According to physicists, spacetime is doomed, and therefore the theory   
   of evolution by natural selection, as it is temporal, is also   
   doomed. Which way do we turn now? Consciousness, apparently.   
      
   https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/1/129   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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