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MixedNuts comments on Ontologial Reductionism and Invisible Dragons - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MixedNuts 23 April 2012 10:40:33PM 4 points [-]

Tim was saying that he agreed with the original existentialists about how, from any external objective perspective, there’s no meaning to our lives, and meaning is something we create entirely for ourselves. And then he said something like, “The difference is that I don’t see why that’s a problem. Sure, I create my own meaning. So what? That’s fine with me. Sartre and Camus and that whole crowd thought this was a barely-tolerable psychological state that had to be struggled with on a daily basis… but I don’t see what the big deal is.”

Greta Christina, Will Atheism Become Easier?