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by 0x8BADF00D 2818 days ago
> Human actions are the products of our beliefs. We think and long for significance. Why? If you're a just mass of chemicals, atoms clashing with atoms, why do you long to matter?

Because it’s built-in for your survival. You are optimizing a fitness function. Nature is ultimate. The meme that man has dominion over Earth has led to us raping and pillaging her. We have done horrible things to our mother.

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> The meme that man has dominion over Earth has led to us raping and pillaging her. We have done horrible things to our mother.

And none of that matters, on your view, because we and the Earth are temporary. You can't have it both ways.