Comment on How do we know this is actually Earth, and not just some torture chamber in Hell and we are just being punished?

Baggie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m pretty content accepting that I am a walking series of chemical reactions. Makes more sense to me than the alternative and I don’t really understand why it fucks with people so much.

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  • Baggie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m kind of in the same boat.

    I think it can fuck with people that rely on self determination for security or self justification? At least the couple of people I’ve met that take issue with the idea seem to mostly be uncomfortable with the implication that their choices and actions might mean less.

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• IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I mean, I’d love to stop thinking about determinism, but… its not like I could just choose stop thinking about it, since I don’t have free will to choose to not think about it… ironic 😅

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  • orgrinrt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    But you can do your darnest. Drown all that existential dread and other stuff in either of these:

    • Stuff. Just things to do. Start hobbies and projects and get carried away enough to forget these, at least momentarily
    • Drugs! Alcohol included. It’s not healthy but you can choose to. You’ll probably forget a lot about all this, if you indulge enough. Not a recommendation, just noting this is something you can already choose to do, and for most with access to internet and lenny, probably readily available

    Have fun!

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