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Originally Posted by photon
Just because those purposes don't impact the universe or transcend all of time and space doesn't make those purposes a delusion or absurd. It just means they're smaller than you maybe wish they were.
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Fair enough, but that implies meaning or purpose is arbitrary which is what nihilism asserts from my understanding, at least, existential nihilism. There is no objective standard by which to judge. Meaning, purpose and morality become relative to a person, a community, a society, a civilization, at a particular point in time.
I'll have to find another thread more appropriate to this discussion as I don't want to detract from the science of climate change. I just find it fascinating that a series like Cosmos can engender such questions.