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Have you gone down any rabbit holes that gave you an existential crisis? (discuss.online)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Have you went down any internet rabbit holes only to come out with a deep set existential crisis? If so, what are they?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That also does not matter. Spinozan Determinism can be summed up as:

"If it could have happened any other way, it would have."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yup. Determinism doesn't actually change anything-- but it tricks people into thinking it does by giving them permission to remove all meaning from the world. You can accomplish the same thing by believing in nihilism.