AphroditeGoneAwry
failure to thrive
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You all have points in what you are saying, but I think you missed the biggest point. I think that "good" & "bad" are not things we can necessarily define. Good & bad changes for each person. Those are subjective values. Yes, you can say most things/people in life will lean towards "good," but that will all depend on their own perception. Just as nihilists would see reality, the same applies to those subjective values.
It's not that I don't care about anything per se, just that I realize that there is this MUCH bigger perception that I can't even fathom. I realize I cannot fathom this, and therefore, doubt everything that I CAN fathom. It wouldn't make sense that I could know all that I think I know, while being aware of the infinite number of things that I know I could NEVER know. That is how these thoughts begin, for me anyhow. I am not thinking about humans & what we do wrong & how much we suck (even if we do), I am just taking myself & my own "knowledge" out of the equation.
This is an extreme relativistic view that I think all thinkers ponder in their life. It is an idea that is unanchored and unanchorable. Most people, I think, end up finding an anchor somewhere, and realize that life, and the best life, exists somewhere in between extremes.
And this quote by you, "Yes, you can say most things/people in life will lean towards "good," but that will all depend on their own perception...." makes all the difference. If most of human life leans toward Good, then I don't see how nihilism can be a valid concept.