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Anyway, moving on from the fact that Nietzsche wasn't a nihilist and that the brain cancer of one individual doesn't disprove a philosophy (or whatever that statement was implying), I'd be interested in hearing some opinions on the relationship between perspectivism and nihilism. Must a perspectivist be a nihilist?
 
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I believe there is nothing beyond the physical. There is no set meaning or purpose to life, or the universe.

We are simply only able to assign our own meaning or purpose to life.

We are the product of chance, the odds of any of us being here are actually staggering, but here we are, so we may as well make a go of it when we can.

So don't rely on others (or religion, for that matter) to tell you what your purpose is, because it's up to you to carve out your own path in life, and though it won't mean anything in the long run, it doesn't mean that it's not important to you, or those close to you.
 
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So? Then human life is a joke. Nothing much we can do about it. Wishing for it to be special and important doesn't make it so. There's no evidence that there is anything beyond this life. Why should we act as though there is, just to make ourselves feel better?

Also, I do believe a pigs life is happier than hours, since they lack the brainpower to experience sadness in the way that we do. A pig does not get jealous, or anxious about whether they're going to lose their job, house or partner. All a pig cares about is eating, sleeping, pooping and mating.

Essentially those are the same worries that we have, only we have developed a society that means we have to work hard (Some, harder than others) to achieve some or all of these goals.

The pig doesn't question whether there is purpose to life, it doesn't worry about it. Ironically, our one advantage that makes us the dominant species on the planet, also is the one thing that causes all our troubles. Our stupid, smart brains.
 
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