Don’t Believe in Anything - The Philosophy of Nihilism

[@sketchpawss8246]

“Life is like being thrown into a test you weren’t aware you were going to take And nihilism is the understanding that you don’t have to answer these questions nor feeling the need to answer them”

[@christianmccauley7340]

Who said that?

[@darestone3335]

Furthermore it is the understanding that you can't answer the questions correctly because, as you said we were forced to take a test without revision

[@sketchpawss8246]

@@darestone3335 yes

[@sketchpawss8246]

@@christianmccauley7340 just my thoughts

[@xplore1858]

why answer the test when I am the one creating the "idea of test" with awareness

[@alidanton]

"Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me" - Friedrich Nietzsche

[@TheSeanpatrickobrien]

That guy was a colossal dingleberry

[@GeistInTheMachine]

@@TheSeanpatrickobrien Why?

[@abrahamlincoln5185]

He was not a nihilist he was an existentialist

[@TheSeanpatrickobrien]

@@GeistInTheMachine everything in the world displeases me? c'mon....thats a real bad attitude to be fair

[@tasenova2717]

I guess that's what I mean when I say, I wish I was dumb so I could like the things everyone else likes

[@lifeisoverrated96]

Honestly nihilism made me realize I don't have depression, rather I'm continously aware of how much meaning we add to meaningless things.

[@SAMURXAI]

For me, it’s more like frustration and the absolute feeling of defeat for not being able to find an answer. But my own curiosity keeps me going, keeps me thinking.

[@videos-for-friends]

For me, it’s the breakdown of ideology. Raised and schooled in Catholicism, when I hit my teenage years I started questioning all of it. Which in turn, led to a totally new version of myself. This version of myself wasn’t catholic, but did believe in something bigger and grander, I believed in an afterlife. Which kept me comfortable from ages 13-18. Now, however, I’ve had a complete almost rational feeling that the universe and everything within it, is entirely random, and that we serve no true purpose and all we do is add meaning to things that are meaningless. I feel like I’m growing, but also breaking. It’s a strange yet curious feeling. I want to explore myself and find my own meaning.

[@AmikYoungDon]

@@SAMURXAI and it doesn’t mean if you can’t find the answers you lose

[@craggles7538]

Beautifully put

[@lifeisoverrated96]

@@videos-for-friends indeed

[@inveniamviam4691]

“That must be exhausting.” - Big Lebowski

[@husariatowarzysz4924]

Nihilists are worse than Nazis, say what you will about the tenants of National Socialism but at least it's an ethos

[@petezipardi4022]

I am the Walrus.

[@timpea777]

@@husariatowarzysz4924 which of the Greek gods do you sacrifice goats to? I don’t mind which one, but don’t you dare tell me you don’t believe in sacrificing goats to remove supernatural obstacles.

[@themartialartsapproach8786]

@@husariatowarzysz4924 somebody who has reached a lack of meaning through the logical process is worse than people imprisoning millions, torturing them, and murdering them? Wow.

[@husariatowarzysz4924]

@@themartialartsapproach8786 I didn't mean that literally I was just quoting the movie lol, I also just mean from a philosophical perspective

[@paulino_razo]

The last 3 minutes were full of potent thoughts. The last 3 minutes, remember me why I love so much this channel. Keep doing that man, theres some people who truly appreciate your work.

[@ArjunR1729]

"Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows." - Emil Cioran

[@hiimjosh868]

what a great quote. we live on because those who fully embrace their apathy of existence would cease to exist- but we live on despite what we know because we're humans, not purely logical observers.

[@Firespectrum122]

Good quote that, mate.

[@latenightorgandonor]

Like how I just watched this video and will sleep and wake up as if nothing happened. It’s been like this for a year. I learn about the universe nihilism and mortality at night and sleep and nothing changes.

[@debigcheze]

I am in possession of a cioran book with the intent to read it after the one I'm currently reading and I already love the man

[@patricia071]

Cioran knew

[@rogerpetronio7502]

To laugh while falling is much better than to scream in despair.

[@ernop350]

- joker

[@noam_segal]

Better is a term I need you to define

[@tomarrohan417]

It is more civilised to make fun of life than to bewail it- Seneca

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@נועם סגל yeah better or worse is just a subjective thing, screaming might be fun for some people

[@rogerpetronio7502]

@@NeostormXLMAX in despair? Despair is the opposite of fun. And there's no action that surpass laughing when it comes to expressing joyful release. Maybe moaning Maybe moaning and falling? That's weird.

[@AyaSANN]

Nihilism is cool, but it doesn’t inherently make someone sad, depressed or chaotically dysfunctional. Nihilism is strictly a thought process to no end which considers the idea that we are what we are and that nothing can be done to make that statement anymore intrusive or intriguing. Being nihilistic doesn’t make me the bearer of bad news or the least fun person to talk to, it simply means I exist.

[@-lines-8256]

This is a point that needs to be made more, I’ve been a nihilist and agnostic since I learned how to think for myself and I’m not inherently depressed or dysfunctional, I’m just as regular as any other person walking down the street, I just believe there is no greater purpose in life and we’re just here until we die.

[@thabokgwele5268]

Russell Cruz Luna Exactly. It doesn't have to be depressing. It's just a simple acceptance of how things are. Though, I think most of us are terrified of this when we first find out about death as children. Before we're indoctrinated into religion, our natural instinct is that there's a terrifying nothingness that awaits us in the end. But, like I said, we eventually accept it.

[@kubasniak]

To me this sounds like a cope. I'm sorry. I just can't find myself happy or fulfilled or motivated or hopeful when I'm nihilist but on the other side I struggle with having faith and when I have it I feel amazing and look at everything through lens of purpose. I'm bad at making my own meaning. A lot of the times it's around vices that are not fulfilling at all. The ideas, goals and purposes in spiritual teachings to me are very fulfilling although can be extreme and so against my own nature. It seems like this part is in our genes. Throughout all ages it was part of our lives and first time now it isn't and we find ourselves in this material world counting only on that without any higher purpose. Like we are some gods but did we rly choose to live? Does Big Bang really answer your question or is it also a matter of belief? I think believing and especially committing to honest faith with real fruits of it that made a dent in reality (skip the many hypocrites) is something worth living for. The impact of it can change people lives forever too. I don't know guys. I'm skeptic on all fronts. Scientific answers don't satisfy me but also spiritual/religious don't fully but at least they give some hope and will to live. I'm in a bad state mentally now. Call me weak or whatever but that's how I think about those things now.

[@michaelterrell5061]

@@-lines-8256 The thing is that Nihilism also says that there are no objective truths. But it states this as a fact which they say is an objective truth. It also states that there is no meaning in life which is(if you are a nihilist) an objective truth.

[@michaelterrell5061]

@@thabokgwele5268 We don’t know what happens when we die. If you’re a Nihilist you don’t believe in any objective truths.

[@Kittynation589]

" everyone knows a quote "- me

[@ecc84]

That made me laugh a bit too much lol

[@amazingentertainment9636]

The comment sections full of proof to your claim

[@culturedi_am7450]

I'm dead ☠️

[@rizkycaesar18]

Haha

[@mikaelneault]

So deep 😌⛩

[@antanonymouse]

If you don't believe in anything, you're always open to everything. When you're open to everything, every thing opens up to you.

[@marwanshamsia]

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

[@jazybomber]

Lmao 😂

[@hubertfarnsworth6824]

Great Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy reference

[@apexspeed1]

After watching the video, I scrolled to find the first Douglas Adams quote. Not disappointed!

[@jchristx72]

In bird culture this is considered a dick move

[@seangrieves4359]

Experiencing, has no start. We are told by those misinformed who were told by the like. In direct experience, you are seemless and unending. So why then, do we regard such dry knowledge as absolute. Creation by virtue of creator did not begin so will not end. Know yourself to know this.

[@cothinker680]

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. FIGHT CLUB

[@GabeHolm]

I’m down

[@gloriareis792]

you’re breaking the first rule

[@hexagon1phoenix551]

@@gloriareis792 first and second rule of fight club : DON'T TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB

[@anuj8825]

Remove last 2 words

[@tanmayasahu5171]

@@gloriareis792" you don't know how it feel"

[@spacecase7504]

This channel is relaxing, like some sort of euphoric feeling.

[@ayanami9340]

I just feel smart by watching the videos, and the large variety of words helps a lot to become better at english

[@atgc47kd71]

And sometimes suffer from existential crisis.

[@ayanami9340]

@@atgc47kd71 that's a bonus

[@leocarlsson2282]

to me, it's possibly the most stressing I watch, simply because the channel is antithesis in general towards my views.

[@bryanflores1707]

@@ayanami9340 yeah same!

[@user-mn8tz4nf2s]

There's no deep meaning for the existence of ants, roaches, flies, deer. We're no different. Survive and reproduce is the only goal of any living organism. A meaningless existence can be pretty liberating when you get rid of the need to feel important

[@chrisjones9132]

Evolution is simply an observation of a pattern - not a meaning. There is no meaning, not even that. I do agree with your second statement though

[@CPI99]

What was the switch that flipped in humans heads to care about anything other than reproducing and dying

[@Undesignedd]

@@CPI99 because we have conscience and its duty is to think.

[@D9xAbstract]

@@CPI99 we developed self awareness that is unlike any other animal.

[@adrian-wz2zw]

@@D9xAbstract how self conscious came into play? Well that's a mystery in evolution☺👍

[@ThrottleKitty]

Nihilism is not so much a lack of belief, but a rejection of meaning. It's not "what's the point", it's "why does there need to be a point?". It's not a declaration life is meaningless, it's a declaration that any meaning is and must be self imposed. It's also the idea that nothing will save us or you. We are alone, and if we don't help each other survive this world together, we will likely die trapped on it together, as devoid of meaning as when we arrived.

[@kangkanabezbaruah681]

Exactly u getting it

[@chrisjones9132]

Nihilism is a rejection of a core part of the human spirit, of course they are all mentally ill

[@John-d9e4x]

Very good,

[@lucasplasma1617]

bookmark

[@TheRealDrJoey]

You understand it much better than the makers of this video if you ask me.

[@ReynaSingh]

It all comes down to perspective. A nihilist may lose hope in life or they may find meaning in the meaningless. There is no right interpretation of life

[@Seeyeay]

Maybe not 'right', but there seems to be more and less optimal interpretations

[@lumoc.]

@@Seeyeay A "meta" interpretation? For what purpose? There's a plurarility of purposes one can have in life, none is righter than the other. Of course, for some points of view some will be good, others don't, but that's just one point of view among many.

[@trinishanarain2101]

@Sameer Sohail Thank you. I don't understand why people either speak of existentialism or nihilism, but completely neglect speaking of absurdism, which is just as important.

[@teratoma.]

exactly I was a "doomer" nihilist as a 15 yr old kid 10 years ago, and all the "feelings" based answers I got when I asked for purpose in life made my mentality worse, since they were either very hedonistic, religion based or even nationalism(we had a homeland war 91'-96') To this day I don't believe most of them knew what they were talking about either, they never tried to truly dig deep into it, only said what made them feel good. Only answer I remember that sounded valid to me was family/their kids but few years later after learning about self improvement, self growth and learning about myself and my potential, the meaningness of life gave me strength to never fear anything, the journey, hardships or the end of it all biggest problem with nihilism it's way too easy to end up in a gloom and doom mindset + being open about it depresses and repulses a lot of people

[@alakani]

@@trinishanarain2101 I've been building a series of increasingly large particle accelerators to detect whether I'm absurdist or just absurd

[@nataliaborys1554]

Life has no innate purpose, but that means each of us gets to decide what the purpose of their life is. There was no special design to the world, but that makes it even more of a wonder, that it became exactly the way it is by chance. Furthermore, it's even more worth preserving, since it's unlikely it will happen the same way again.

[@asploopyperson8877]

I believe that that sort of thinking essentially is Existentialism.

[@rafibomb9526]

Okay existentialist 👏

[@andyc9902]

Kurgezat... Optimistic nihilism

[@andyc9902]

@@nihilisticboi3520 kurkegazt

[@randomantguy24]

Nah that's existential nihilism, meaning isn't tangeable nor something that should drive us. Instead, enjoy life. You'll be dead come a hundred years anyway.

[@TheDhammaHub]

Under the assumption that only nothingness awaits, nihilism is an implication. And with nihilism, it is easy to justify non-doing. That is one of the reasons why the Buddha frequently debated against any form of both eternalism and anniihilism

[@Chrisko1492]

That doesnt make any sense, lol. So because there is nothing after death, means that we should be depressed loser in life and not enjoy anyhting? LMAO ok buddy.

[@TheDhammaHub]

@@Chrisko1492 it doesn't mean that you _should_ do that. But nihilism has no incentive against it either

[@whocares2087.1]

It is the doing part that is destroying this world. We do too much.

[@TheDhammaHub]

@@whocares2087.1 That depends a bit on what you mean by "doing" ;D if meditation is also doing, then we kinda do too little

[@aloedg8058]

Among us

[@ragedkill2897]

Alan watts really helped me approach my nilhlistic views from a different angle. I went from having a depressed perspective to a more accepting and calm one.

[@dnadetails]

Interesting my perspective got more depressing from Mr. Watts

[@mist5372]

I can’t watch these videos without falling asleep his voice is so soothing

[@Island_Bag]

Don’t know if that’s a good thing or not

[@mist5372]

@@Island_Bag me neither

[@ree2955]

been watching aperture's nihilism video for quite a while and now time for round two by pursuit of wonder

[@ishityle]

Also watch kurzgesagt's video on optimistic nihilism!

[@Zimboprenuer]

Makes sense, i thought i saw this

[@Zimboprenuer]

@@ishityle thanx

[@johnran6015]

I came to realize I've been thinking in a nihilistic way my entire life, and life is truly mundane and mechanical, with feelings being an infantile blinder some carry on until death supplementing with drugs, exercise, organizations, religion etc. The truth is constantly in your face and inescapable and you take on the dull uninterested gaze of the void.

[@VoldraLightningfrost]

I was just a nihilist, once. Now I'm an optimistic nihilist who has chosen to play this grand game and get the good ending for everybody. You, my fellow nihilist, have the potential to do great things.

[@Plutomaniaa]

same. enjoying life is more important than finding meaning. and youll climax doing calculus

[@Heresjonny-lp6te]

In my eyes nihilism means that nothing matters, in that lies true freedom to do whatever the soul pleases, leaving no room for anxiety or thoughts of failure.

[@sonyaathena00]

I agree with you.

[@Brisker]

True liberation

[@rhorykingdom1211]

i know im late and i only have a brief understanding of nihilism but its the thing that seems to fit my beliefs the most, its honestly so much more liberating knowing that life is meaningless, it means theres no pressure to be perfect all that matters is to live your life. In my opinion its best to live your life in a way you enjoy every moment of it while trying to be a good person to help others enjoy there lives too. I dont really understand why life needs to have a deeper meaning

[@eusebiopark1110]

Death is what gives life meaning. That's the reason why nihilists still feel unsettled because they know that one day they will die.

[@wildmansamurai3663]

"Well, that's just like your opinion man" The Dude.

[@jessicasabio878]

what i realizin right now "Dont take everything seriously" "Everything will end" "Nobody really gives a shit"

[@MurriciTerceiro]

"come watch TV"

[@Талсе]

Don't take injustice in the world seriously too?

[@wockytocky8837]

Таулант yes

[@RizzlyBear444]

@@MurriciTerceiro lol morty

[@jejethejeplalq821]

@@Талсе To a Nihilist (like myself), the concept of "Justice/Injustice", along with everything else in the world, means absolutely nothing. Let alone taking it seriously.

[@listengort88]

Greetings from Moscow, Russia. I adore this channel here. I'm a writer and an interpreter, these philosophical masterpieces bring me a lot of fresh thoughts...

[@SerandibBroadcast]

Hello stranger, from Sri Lanka

[@listengort88]

@@SerandibBroadcast Hey there! Our foreign deputy speaks your language :)

[@SerandibBroadcast]

@@listengort88 really? Glad to meet you.

[@listengort88]

@@SerandibBroadcast Yeah, me too

[@listengort88]

@@SerandibBroadcast Sinhalese, right?

[@awolgeordie9926]

We exist. We're not given a choice. There's something unsettling about that.

[@sk8_bort]

Yes. It makes me feel as if I'd fallen into a trap of some kind.

[@mymusicmen13]

And then some people try to convince you to feel special because of how rare the odds were that you were conceived! No, I lost the reverse lottery you idiot!! Where winning means losing. Or as if i had bought every lottery ticket to a normal lottery except the one that wins the jackpot! P.S. lottery is a tax on stupid people :)

[@ecc84]

What if i told you that you chose your life and all it's problems before you came here.

[@joeprimal2044]

Yes, but it's impossible to choose to exist because if you don't exist you can't make choices, or do anything else for that matter.

[@luciddream5055]

@Miracle is me 👀

[@kadinblonski8589]

Life is a struggle. There is no way around it. We all face struggles of our own kind. I find peace in that acceptance.

[@north_star_yt]

Videos about topics like this used to throw me into a tailspin & freak me out to the point of a panic attack …but as the years have past, as I lost my religion, struggled with many dark days and pains with my identity & finally settled into nihilism, I find these subjects comforting in a sort of paradoxical way. I know there’s no meaning & yes,some days it still angers me that I was brought here. All I spend my days doing is observing. Observing everything & everyone & mostly myself. That is how I spend my life.

[@atomicpickle5049]

our ancient ancestors lived their lives struggling everyday, facing and overcoming challenges. with these issues seemingly resolved and thus with the time we have given ourselves subject ourselves with new problems just to have something to overcome. we can never live without hardships.

[@charlottexue8023]

Your voice fits these sorts of videos so well

[@meli8392]

right

[@Dax888]

So true

[@coldahmed]

Anyone know the name of the background music of this video. It was a great instrumental.

[@onaalert5480]

I was a nihilist since I was a child and all my birthday wishes since then have always been "I wish to be happy"

[@jazdoesnot3dit]

This is relatable

[@twistedlion2003]

"As you go through life you'll see There is so much that we Don't understand And the only thing we know Is things don't always go The way we planned But you'll see every day That we'll never turn away When it seems all your dreams come undone We will stand by your side Filled with hope and filled with pride We are more than we are We are one" -Simba Lion King 2

[@mymusicmen13]

The meaning of life is to personally give chin and head scratches to every cat on the planet!

[@theSEGAtwistisover9k]

you misspelled dog..😉

[@Lukas-gx9qk]

@@theSEGAtwistisover9k why not both ;)

[@shugo5130]

To kill every cat

[@justanothertinypartofthisi4651]

@@shugo5130 To kill every dog

[@BAGG8BAGG]

This guy knows whats up :p

[@lly_09]

Nihilism to me is like, if I die suddenly, today or tomorrow, by an accident or just simply death, I wouldn't probably regret it. I'd have movies I'd love to watch later, my parents I'd wanna repay someday, a professional I'd aim to become, but in death I won't regret not having fulfilled them. I believe I'd simply lose all conciousness, greed, happiness, sadness, rejection, I'd be completely free

[@oogabooga2347]

Can you do a video over a piece of advice I heard one day. This guys boss worked a very stressful job and yet never seemed stress. When the guy asked his boss his boss said,” one day the person you love the most will die and nothing will matter so what’s the point being stressed and worrying all the time”

[@ToofaroutTV]

This was a great video, thanks for sharing! I had a counselor once who helped me turn my depression inside out by explaining that I must give myself a reason to life. The universe has no set rhyme or reason or labels or meaning except what we decide to give it, so give yourself a good one and lots of love! Big love from an upcoming youtuber! Keep up the great videos !

[@WantSomeWhiskey818]

People often ask me if Im okay when I say Im a Nihilist. I respond with a big smile that I am happier than I have ever been. The meaning of life is that its meaningless, and that gives me great comfort to live my life and accept where I am in it.

[@OrangeGeemer]

Meaning to human life is not dependent on your desire to have meaning. It has or it hasn´t; if it has, nobody knows what it is (but for some reason, just believing it has a meaning gives comfort to people, even if they don´t know what it is).

[@Abell_lledA]

One is stuck playing the impassioned protagonist in one’s Subjective Narrative of Self 🎈

[@Purin95]

I'm willing to settle for a cameo at this point

[@blahbleh5671]

...so you've just rewritten the common saying that people are the main character in their own lives?

[@randomantguy24]

@@blahbleh5671 hence the use of 'subjective'

[@blahbleh5671]

@@randomantguy24 How does that change anything?

[@daninphoenix6851]

Put that way it sucks even worse.

[@aflairforthe.evi.]

not too long ago is when i got into these type of yt channels bc of the nihilism topic and now my favorite one finally makes one with it in the title too!

[@Psiconauta-cabalista]

Yees i love videos about stablished philosophies. I love your short stories exploring your point of views too, but i would love to see more like this one.

[@drcbeartooths]

Thank you. A worthwhile few moments, just before I reinvent my world again, tomorrow Monday a.m.

[@SingularitySurvivor]

11:26 Okay just Imagine that someone discovered the "The Universal why" to our existence. Then what? How would he prove that it is the truth? When he can't prove that, how could someone believe that it is real? This is the real reason why we wouldn't be able to arrive at a "Universal WHY".

[@GaneshPawar-qw4gp]

I would love to be friend with people who watch this type of content. Love from India❤️

[@lightspeed9762]

I am eager to become Your friend since I recently realised I want some foreign friend. I am from Poland, do You have discord?

[@shreebhosale3181]

Me too!

[@lightspeed9762]

@@shreebhosale3181 You can also be my friend bro/sis

[@SumitKumar-je9pr]

@@lightspeed9762 he is bro.

[@GaneshPawar-qw4gp]

@@lightspeed9762 Yes I'm on discord. We can connect.

[@filippo8189]

With time, I actually came to appreciate the fact that existence seems to have no intrinsic purpose. Consider the alternative: imagine finding yourself in a universe whose purpose you despise! That would be a real tragedy. At least, this universe gives everyone the chance to choose and create their own purpose and that’s kind of magical in of itself. If nothing matters, the only things that matter are the ones we choose to matter. And I find there’s plenty of meaning to be found in this decision.

[@vicariousgamer2871]

I think that the only true thing that we are is how we treat one another between the time of birth and death. Nothing more. Apparently we are doing a really shitty job of it.

[@lauraeden6224]

Too true…,sadly.

[@lilheckman4305]

Live in fear or live wit love... Most people live in fear as its almost fuckin impossible to live wit love, especially in countries like america where people are forced to love money more than anything else since birth... And the love of money is the root of all evil... "But you jus said 'Live in fear or live wit love' so if most people love money, then theyre livin wit love right?".... No... Look at the richest people in the world... Do you think theyre very loving?... Are they loving people?... Ofc not... They dont live WIT love... They live IN fear... People who love money will do anything to keep it for themselves... Even if it means keepin it in the face of a dying child they could easily save wit their money... Love is wat we need to be talkin bout and philosophizing bout... Not where we came from and not why we came from there and not why we came at all... Not wat our purpose is and how how to find our purpose and not why we should care bout wat our purpose is... Not bout death, not bout god(s), not bout how to gain more money, not bout existence, not bout sentience or continuousness.... Love... Cause love is the universal language that has the power to bring humanity and nature into perfect peace and harmony wit each other and the world (which is the most perfect outcome for humanity and the world) .... If we use it properly... Which most dont cause they dont know how cause theyre too busy worryin bout bullshit like paper wit faces on it and metal wit faces on it... Humans arent evolved enough yet ig... Im ahead a my time... Whatever no one cares go back to work

[@nutbastard]

I would add to "how we treat each other" also "how we treat ourselves". Odds are if someone is watching this channel, there's a good chance they they are kind to others, but unkind to themselves.

[@lilheckman4305]

@@nutbastard you cant live wit love if you dont love yoself

[@0b100]

@@lilheckman4305 Altruism says otherwise.

[@Skabanis]

I found you three four years ago you changed my life

[@geeniel4462]

The only thing each of us can CONTROL is how we REACT ta situations... the rest is OUTTA OUR HANDS. The day I realized that, was the day I could finally breathe✌🏾💌

[@asicshot]

There is much more to us than "things", more to the mind than concepts. Our awareness can expand when we stop labeling but once we label and attach to those concepts we are limited. To see reality the conceptual mind must settle down because it is the mirror Awareness is looking at. Flatten the mirror.

[@indylockheart3082]

""When you use quotations to identify a statement it can take readers longer to realize that the words you enclosed in quotations are actually worthless nonsense."" -Me, Wednesday afternoon.

[@andreacarnevale3152]

Now that's a quote worth mentioning everywhere

[@jagmannenarbrand8373]

This was act worth something

[@flvid]

sandwich between two slices of apparent nothingness, felt that

[@Leitis_Fella]

"Are all the accomplishments of humanity fated to be nothing more than a layer of broken plastic shards, thinly strewn across a fossil bed, sandwiched between the burgess shale and eons worth of mud?"

[@Axemania21]

A nothingness sandwich!

[@sigigle]

It's not true. Nothing comes from nothing.

[@karelvandenhove926]

@@sigigle Well, at least that's something.

[@yvesetang8456]

It would be good to avoid the bread.

[@turbinator70707]

Wow amazingly concise and extremely well articulated intro. I have never subscribed and commented a minute into a channel.

[@tommythompson7941]

I like the photography and visual alignment with speech and imagery. Bravo.

[@justvibin6060]

I always thought death is the only reason for existence never knew it's called nihilism :0

[@Toxiic115]

That implicates that humans do have a purpose and it’s apparently to die, therefore, I don’t think it’s nihilism.

[@justvibin6060]

@@Toxiic115 oh yeah..

[@ThePS3Beast109]

life is the reason for existence. the meaning of life is not death but life. imo :)

[@LLLakpa]

@@ThePS3Beast109 An existence without death is not life.

[@johnshoulders6586]

The purpose and meaning we have in life, depends on whom we believe is watching.

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

As an evidentialist nihilist I observe that I have truly enjoyed existence in the past proving that it's possible to enjoy an existence without meaning hence I don't obsess about there being no intrinsic meaning.

[@thirdgen377]

I wish some people in this thread understood that. Many of them fell into the trap that nihilism is cool or a really great excuse to be lazy and to not care, ultimately justifies their cowardice of the world and you can tell which ones have fallen into it because anger is usually their main tool in communication and they push their own beliefs of nihilism onto others while proclaiming they are the victim of having subjective views pushed onto them. It's a philosophy that changes men into children. Heroes into cowards. Humans into worms, however you wish to put it. If your own self isn't important enough to build upon, to improve, to grow, then that is the ultimate defeat, in my opinion. I'd rather go down fighting like a man than dying on my deathbed filled with regrets that I could've done more for myself and others had I just picked myself up off the depressing ground and found some fight in me, but it's too late, my eyes have closed and my life's energy snuffed; there's no going back, only forward with or without me.

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

@@thirdgen377 In my experience it's more like people opposed to nihilism *ASSUME* that others think it's an excuse to be lazy but I've actually seen Zero nihilists who think that way.

[@jeanlamontfilms5586]

Nihilism is a facade. “Everything is meaningless” is a statement of meaning. Nihilism attempts to relieve the subject from the burden of meaning. It’s basically a fetishistic obstacle that keeps an inevitability at bay. As speaking Subjects we are haunted by the burden of meaning

[@zaksax3936]

2021 the creation of a new philosophy of nihilism was coined: Greatful nihilism. Despite knowing we come from and are destined to become nothing. We find meaning and value in our lives because we are greatful for this fleeting chance to experience all aspects of life. The good the bad. The pain and pleasure. Boredom and intrigue. By experiencing all these things we create purpose for ourselves.

[@richrogers2157]

I believe only in the scientific method. Without ascribing made up meaning to my circumstances I seek only to improve my understanding of those circumstances. In this belief there is no hope and no fear, no artificial hope like religion and no restrictions on inquiry, there is no sacred information for me to fear. We have a mind/body in the here and now, ,exercising it towards wherever the evidence leads and away from falsity is for me the only legitimate path/activity.

[@implord851]

I heard this funny thing "If the world has no meaning and nothing is definate and everything's relative then the belief that the world has no meaning is relative and has no meaning

[@stealth-uf9bi]

come again?

[@implord851]

@@stealth-uf9bi read it enough times and you'll understand

[@Талсе]

@@stealth-uf9bi "if the world is meaniningless so is the statements that it is so" So if you say there isn't a meaning then i can't believe you because you have no meaning to say so

[@kimberlyroman]

Thank you for inspiring me to continue studying philosophy.

[@Nemo-sz2qy]

'Martin butler' here on utube, frequently discuses Spinoza and Schopenhauer, if u are interested.

[@DanielClementYoga]

it is time to mature enough emotionally to not want to survive forever or have narcissistic specialness as an operating system.

[@odjelzagluposti2638]

This video came as a manifestation of the last couple of months for me. Unbeliveble how things come to you full circle

[@jeanlamontfilms5586]

Nihilism is a facade. “Everything is meaningless” is a statement of meaning. Nihilism attempts to relieve the subject from the burden of meaning. It’s basically a fetishistic obstacle that keeps an inevitability at bay. As speaking Subjects we are haunted by the burden of meaning

[@alice_evermore]

We always have been and always will be dead; yet for this brief instant in eternity, we are aware and mindful. This phenomenon of perception is “the dream of being”…. And hence the entire spectrum of our experience is destined to be forgot, we are, in essence, death having an exquisite and ever-so-fragile hallucination.

[@nog0dsnomasters]

As a nihilist, this pretty much just put all my beliefs in a short 15 minute bite

[@numerum_bestia]

A nihilist doesn’t feel the need to tell everybody that they are a nihilist.

[@ernop350]

@@numerum_bestia you may be confusing need with impulse, of course theres no need. He thought of his comment and posted and nothing really matters about it being posted or not

[@OItsjustzach]

@@numerum_bestia bait

[@sigigle]

We can experience suffering? That's meaningful. We can experience joy? That's meaningful. End of nihilism.

[@thirdgen377]

I see Kevin Cabrera had nothing for this one.

[@reynolds1182]

“It doesn’t matter.” -Owlman🦉

[@traumatizedtumbler8425]

Just wanted to let you know, that I absolutely adore your videos. It's like someone speaking the words I can't phrase. Thank you so much!

[@3goldfinger]

I remember as a child going through my father's bookcase, I found a book of Søren Kirkegård, never opened it, but somehow, it stuck in my mind. Not untill many years later as an adult, I learned more about him, but more importantly, about my father, who he was deep inside, and now, I'm much the same.

[@abesapien9930]

Find what you love, and you will have more purpose than you can imagine. I'm speaking from experience.

[@theplaylab9336]

Remember it can be either "Nothing really matters... 😢" or "Nothing really matters! 😁🙂"

[@JT-fl5kh]

If our life is all we get to experience, then it’s the only thing that matters. If the universe has no principles, the only principles relevant are the ones we decide on. If the universe has no purpose, then we get to dictate what it’s purpose is.

[@kyliekircher1509]

Wow very good

[@RichardRagan]

Reality -- "Life is what you make of it." Nihilism -- "I want to sit around and not attribute meaning to anything. Nothing really matters." Reality -- "Why don't you sit around and write passionately about nihilism?" Nihilism -- "Yeah, that will be cool. Thanks." Capitalism -- "You had better sell some of those books, you owe me rent on that space your sitting." Nihilism -- "How do I make 'nothing' sound interesting so people will buy it?"

[@amoghmishra5214]

I think you should separate the philosophy of nihilism from the people that you might have met who say they practice nihilism. These people might have been lazy and unmotivated, and would not have contributed to society but that is a human response to the philosophy of nihilism not the philosophy itself. Anyway, this is JUST my opinion.

[@RichardRagan]

@@amoghmishra5214 -- I have a degree in Philosophy, so let's talk. Doesn't nihilism reject classifications and meaning? 1) Can a nihilist be passionate about anything? 2) I think people assume a nihilist is fine if they mind their own business, but if they try to force nihilism on others, that means they are trying to make people deny their natural human tendency to attribute meaning to their lives, the greatest of which is religion, then education, then politics. Is that how you see it?

[@amoghmishra5214]

@@RichardRagan In response to your second point, yes nihilism can have an adverse effect when applied to society as a whole and people who force their philosophy on others are in the wrong here, but that's why nihilism doesn't completely form the philosophy of anybody, it does not comprise the complete guidelines by which people live. People can and do let multiple philosophies drive their lives. Coming to your first question now, it is that inherent tendency of humans to attribute meaning to things and their curiosity that can make even nihilists be passionate about something. Those things don't just go away. In and of itself nihilism can be quite crippling but when combined with other philosophies or let's say worldviews, it can be quite a useful way to live your life. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3O1oqhmjrR7Z5Y

[@JoseDavid281]

I've been practicing the shadowing technique with your videos. I always choose yours to do so because of your clearness and crispiness when it comes to pronunciation and articulation. Your speech has always been neutral and objective, but I did feel some emotion toward the end of the video, which really got me. Hopefully one day we can find indeed what we're all here for. In the meantime, all there's left for us to do is to continue embracing life and enjoying it to its fullest. Keep rocking buddy!

[@louisvalentino7315]

I give meaning to my life. I invented who I am. I give purpose to my existence.

[@elpompo5166]

People do not want to understand they are just another animal like millions that by chance has the power of complex thought process. We are only a mortal fleshy molecule of the universe.

[@9snaga]

"... Man is his own end and his only end..." Life is meaningless and purposeless but you are alive here and now and you can choose to make the life you are given count while you live and maybe for the few generations that follow

[@conormale8214]

“Cool philosophical quote that proves a larger point” - Someone

[@calculated-_-9464]

Some ppl think that a nothingness is inherently sad but it’s calming to some ppl, nihilism is understanding that nothing really matters, u can take that in a good sense or bad sense, each to their own

[@gamedauhkeke6855]

You can take everything in good sense or bad sanse and i mean everything you just need to be. Crazy enough to do it

[@rawdogger720]

born of the darkness, we spend our existence seldom realizing the darkness we so fear is the reason the light is so beautiful. we cannot truly live without death.

[@gamedauhkeke6855]

Maybe you can't

[@sunnynepal1940]

“If everyone on earth jumped at the same time, we could cause a massive earthquake. I think.” -someone who isn’t sure

[@notreachable7323]

No Dear... It's Impossible...World Consist Of 7 to 7.5 Billion People...If 7.5 People Gathers At The Same Place We Don't Require Much More Space. Earth Is Covered By 71℅ Water, Deserts, Mountains And Valleys, Icebergs, Large Area Occupied Forests Etc. Where Humans Are Not Located. Comparing All These Things And Calculating Earth's Mass And Earth's Gravitational Force Exerting On Us Vs. Mass Of 7.5 Billion People And Gravitational Force Exerting On Earth By 7.5 Billion People. It's Impossible To Make Any Changes To Earth By Jumping At The Same Time By World's Population..Not Even In Small Quantity Neither For A Micro Second...

[@As-sbr]

No matter how far our knowledge can go at the end we can't figure out what the heck is reason of creation human being

[@uax4567]

But there is no reason, you're being egocentrical. Everything happened randomly.

[@mediaproductionpro]

I guess I’d be a Nihilist if I thought humanity had nothing to strive for.

[@kevincabrera6259]

you're in for a big surprise buddy

[@thirdgen377]

Human beings are capable of both great and terrible things. We should strive for greatness because the terrible aspects have been tried already, and it's time to go against the grain, face challenges, and grow together as a people. THAT is something worthwhile to strive for. If that isn't enough, then look within your self and reinvent who YOU are to become. Like the old saying goes, "If you want to change the world, change yourself first (or "be the change you want to see"). Jordan Peterson even gives a nice little tidbit to starting success, "The first thing you should do when you wake up is to make your bed. Now your bed is made and you've accomplished something, as small as it is, you did do something to at least get you started for the day to face other challenges to make an impact upon". Now, making your bed will never change the world for the better, but it starts with you and that's the point that many people can't grasp and take the whole "bed making" thing way too literally and seriously. It's far too easy to push the blame onto the rest of the world but it takes real strength and courage to accept yourself as one of the flawed, one of the "blamed" and take personal responsibility to make an effort to better yourself so you can handle the problems you're faced with on a daily basis.

[@zerotech8938]

@@thirdgen377 if only even thought like this, people are just to greedy and selfish to put the blame on them selves but I don’t bother with it, after all, why judge someone for being human.

[@BAGG8BAGG]

you equate nihlism with a negative meaning, thus you are not talking about nihlism.

[@zerotech8938]

@@BAGG8BAGG not really nihilism as it is how I see the world.

[@jadeorbigoso5212]

Living and Existing is so different to each other

[@Peace-co1dr]

this is one of the best videos on the topic thanks!

[@chromiumdragon8190]

I know what happens when the universe ends: We go to the score screen. 👽

[@thirdgen377]

Years ago I shared my idea with a friend that after death, you wake up and find yourself as an alien on an alien planet who was playing a simulation as a human being. You can imagine my mind being blown when I saw that episode of Rick and Morty when Morty plays that life simulator (I can't remember the exact name of the game). I don't believe this to be truth but it's quite an interesting thought.

[@johnbell3621]

You get “Game Over” screen.

[@marburg6005]

@@thirdgen377 It's called Roy: A Life Well Lived

[@austink2598]

my score: 0

[@non-ofyo-business3399]

I know for a fact that in the end nothing matters, but we don’t live in the end we live in the beginning and middle where everything matters.

[@sandylauren13]

i really like this

[@chrisjones9132]

Purpose is a thought, it has no effect, no existance, unless you give it one. The abstract is your mind and yourself, not the world, thus, there is no problem of nihilism. Stop seeking imaginary abstracts in the real world, and just live.

[@non-ofyo-business3399]

@@chrisjones9132 thoughts transform into energy which ripples out into the universe. So tell me again how thoughts have no use?

[@chrisjones9132]

@@non-ofyo-business3399 yeah, psychic energy man, good point

[@Dukuduu_]

@@chrisjones9132 I like this one

[@alphamoonman]

I've never followed any sort of philosophy, just sort of thought and thought and thought, until I eventually came up with the idea that the big picture shows how nothing matters. It's not about IF God exists; it's that, so what if it does? Dogs love to do things we train them to do. They love to do their jobs. They don't see the big picture and understand that it's all for nothing; goals of people who will eventually die, and so will the memories of them, and so will the conceptual fact that they existed. All ideas, concepts, attempts at change or creating something that shall stay for a long time all eventually wither away and die. Even the thought of death and ending is meaningless. It all is until it isn't. So why wouldn't the thought of God existing be the penultimate concept to rule them all? Because Heaven and God are but goals. We all have goals. These goals are the idea of a movement between Point A & Point B. A goal may fit into a larger goal, but eventually you get to the final size of a goal where it is nothing but itself. Similarly, you can have all these goals that lead to God or Heaven, but they are, inevitably, themselves and nothing more. Every goal is itself and nothing more, and the common counter to that is that it's part of a grander scheme or goal. But that scheme or goal would need to infinitely be a part of something more, or else it falls into a nothingness that the existence of itself implies. Thus, I am personally the most free, yet most trapped person I am aware of. I know that all things lead nowhere, and feel no intellectual obligation to worry about what I do. But I know that none of it matters, and the implications of my existence and conceptualization eventually perishes eternally. So why don't I commit suicide? Something stops me. Common sense, yes, but also something else. Personally, I believe that the point of living, is to be, until you aren't. I don't feel bad about the job I have, the sexual experience I lack, or how fortunate or unfortunate I was born. I only know that I am, and that eventually I won't be. I also believe that living some quiet, peaceful, problem-less life is not being as much as one could, thus I find myself having made the quote: "Peace is Death in disguise." The existence of death or the anti-being comes in one form, translated through life in many ways, as the eventuality of not being. Freezing cold, bleeding, suffocation, et-cetera. These are all the possibilities of being to slowly un-be. Understanding of inaction, and how that implies death itself, reveals true-action; the resistance of death in its purity. In typical Stoic fashion, I do not veer away from problems that come my way, nor do I let them consume me. I come to understand them, resist them, and continue to be. To be more than just to be. I find myself in love with video games where you have this world that is persistent for a long cycle. In games like Rust or Foxhole or Planetside 2, you have these extensive periods of times where people make memories, work endlessly, and fight against defeat, all for the great goal of Victory/Success. It is in games like these that I see the greatest imitation of life, and how it perpetuates itself as being a goal that means nothing but the understanding and resistance against not-being. It is here where people imitate the struggles, boredom, and successes and failures of being, in different paces.

[@harrymithun10]

Nihilism is a relative truth. It is very beautiful to find hope in it.

[@gabrielgerman359]

It's official: I have become addicted to this channel.

[@Yamikani]

I keep thinking of Monty Python's Flying Circus animations while watching this

[@ZohaibJarwar]

On universal level life is meaningless, but on individual level our life has meaning.

[@mehranahmadyousafzai]

You're right. And there can never be a fit-for-all manmade philosophy...

[@mehranahmadyousafzai]

@Exos I think I don't agree with you. I believe there's a meaning to everything...there must be a meaning to the existence of yours & mine.

[@whatfffd]

The only meaning is the continued presence of your DNA.

[@jigglyjello7334]

sounds like me between 12 and 18. my best friend gave me a more hopeful outlook, its like a combination of spirituality but based on real scientific principals. it involves super string theory and elemental particles smaller than light.

[@interman7715]

"Where ever you go that is where you are " Mike Brady 😊

[@jombeemeanstroke]

My favorite video so far. Thank you for making these.

[@Queenie-the-genie]

I think Buddhism is misunderstood here. The way out of suffering which is spoken about in the 4 noble truths is to follow the 8-fold noble path which was never mentioned. The 8 fold noble path is all about ethics and how we treat one another as well as developing mindfulness. The lesson still needs to be learned in the sense that one half of the human race has been oppressing the other half for millennia and we still oractice racism in certain places. If everyone acted from a place of loving kindness to everyone else we would be ok I think.

[@Mallard942]

Nihilism is true, and therefore dangerous. Acknowledge it's truths and then reject them entirely with conscious force of will. Stoicism is the answer.

[@alakani]

And then have feelings and empathy and enough of a concept of Dunbar's number to overcome it. Stoicism is true but also why we have a narcissism epidemic

[@clicheguevara5282]

I eventually came to a similar conclusion too. I thought I was a nihilist but was actually a stoic and just didn’t know it. Once I started reading Aurelius, it all clicked.

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

People drawing the exact wrong conclusions of what nihilism implies is what makes it dangerous, in other words human stupidity is dangerous. Badum tss. Same can be said for any number of ideas. The ideas of capitalism is dangerous if used to justify personal greed and selfishness, the ideas of socialism is dangerous if used to justify absolute state power, the ideas of environmentalism are dangerous if used as justification for scientific regression, the ideas of of compassion are dangerous if used from a point of racial patronization.

[@Mallard942]

@@cyberneticbutterfly8506 Philosphy is the field that we use to navigate our stupidity, therefore the flaws are inherent to man, not his ideas. Nihilism is the truth that we are all meaningless bio-machines with no objective value or purpose. That all suffering we endure is for nothing. What's dangerous about it is that it's objectively true. Nihilism isn't just a concept, It's a real, almost physical, God-shaped hole in our existence. Nihilism is the rejection of humanity, rejection of the very soul. Nihilism doesn't permit morality, and therefore no justification is ever needed.

[@Mallard942]

@@alakani That is hedonism, the natural conclusion of nihilism for most people. No, nihilism is true, stoicism is a strategy to deal with that truth, and therefore not true in and of itself. That is why it's dangerous.

[@OnePolishMoFo]

It's actually a very liberating philosophy to live by.

[@SeaJackson]

Basically, "Life is what you a make it".

[@lightningwolf5157]

You think faith is blind? Some things aren’t visible for the human eye ,they are visible for the mind ,god has no voice but you can hear him,you can’t see him,but you can ,this is the beauty of mysteries in life,learning is our purpose,this is why we keep notes for the people that come after us.