• whelk@retrolemmy.com
    1·
    2 小时前

    There’s no point in the grand scheme of things, so I get to decide what’s important for me in the here and now

  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    9 小时前

    It’s a variation of the old joke where the teacher points to a kid and asks to give two examples of pronouns. The frightened kid asks “who? me?” and the teacher continues, saying “perfect!”

  • Cargon@lemmy.ml
    28·
    10 小时前

    Nothing matters :(

    vs.

    Nothing matters >:D

    I find solace in the latter.

  • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
    56·
    13 小时前

    Teenagers: I’m sad because nothing matters

    Nihilists: why are you sad? Why do you care? Nothing matters! Come have some pizza.

  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
    23·
    13 小时前

    That’s depression, not nihilism. Nihilism is related to existentialism, and is about believing in nothing but what you experience or can prove. Unfortunately it’s very close to some forms of scientism, whereby someone makes “Science” their religious faith. The idea of nihilism is to be faithless and to view the world through the lens of the material.

    • nfh@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 小时前

      I feel like this isn’t a great explanation of nihilism, someone might think it functionally is materialism, or some sort of skepticism.

      Nihilism is the rejection of meaning, ethics, or knowledge as things that actually exist objectively. An existentialist accepts some form of nihilism, and grapples with its consequences. One key idea across existentialist thinkers is that Existence precedes Essence, that existing is always shaping who you become, rather than some kind of intrinsic being that nihilism would reject.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        10 小时前

        They didn’t say science, they said scientism. As a term it’s been used a few ways, but in this context it’s referring to a sort of cargo cult erected around “science”. It’s not about testing theories and hypotheses, it’s a dogmatic acceptance of some extant collection of scientific theories as fact, even beyond their experimental context or in light of conflicting evidence. Among other things.

        • HalfSalesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 小时前

          I’m more suspicious of people fretting over “scientism” than I am concerned about people dogmatically accepting scientific theories.

          There is such a thing as motivated reasoning and I look down on those that indulge in it.

          • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            7 小时前

            I’m not. Scientism, in this meaning, it’s basically the opposite of science. It stifles proper scientific reasoning. Pretending it isn’t a problem is itself a problem.

            • HalfSalesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              7 小时前

              I said I’m suspicious of people worried about it, not that I’m a supporter of scientism.

              A lot of people who seem to worry about scientism turn out to have some quackery that they insist is worth looking into because “Its not been disproven”. Or have some kind of spiritual belief that they want to mentally run cover for via “science might be wrong”.

              • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
                1·
                4 小时前

                That’s a fair thing to be concerned about - any blind faith is a problem. We should always be ready to, if not slaughter our sacred cows, at least take them to the vet once in a while (apologies for the tortured metaphor).

      • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        8 小时前

        As another commenter pointed out, this is a bad description of nihilism. That sentence describes empiricism.

        You are probably an empiricist.

        As that other commenter pointed out:

        Nihilism is the rejection of meaning, ethics, or knowledge as things that actually exist objectively.

  • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
    3·
    9 小时前

    My freshman biology class was 1st period, and I would always put my head down and snooze for a bit. I was never fully asleep, though.

    Every time, the teacher would ask me a question about what she just said, and I’d pick my head up, answer, and put it back down.

    But she was a really good teacher. After a bit it basically became a game with us, and she’s one of the only ones that stood up for me when I was expelled for a BS reason.

    • Troy@lemmy.ca
      17·
      12 小时前

      A nihilistic outlook can be a response to, or defense mechanism caused by depression. But it’s also a philosophy that is, ironically, well studied and developed. Not that that matters.