')Besides that who can say it is bad or good if the human race dies out? (only someone who fully understands the universe and is allmighty.. are you? no... so you can't say if it's right or wrong.
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Pessimist or optimist?
by MrBean » Sat 02 Oct 2004, 22:39:50
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Rembrandt', '
')Besides that who can say it is bad or good if the human race dies out? (only someone who fully understands the universe and is allmighty.. are you? no... so you can't say if it's right or wrong.
')Besides that who can say it is bad or good if the human race dies out? (only someone who fully understands the universe and is allmighty.. are you? no... so you can't say if it's right or wrong.
I don't think there's a cosmic judge, so I must as qualified as anyone to take a shot at your challenge
The meaning of life, universe and everything is self-realisation (nifty word, isn't it?). So it would make kind of sense to try to stay around as part of that self-realisation? Thus my answer will be:
It is right to try not to die out. Result don't matter, it's the effort that matters.
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by MrBean » Sat 02 Oct 2004, 22:59:41
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('superhamzah', '
')This is a very simple concept and i'm probably stating the obvious. But sometimes the obvious seems to be forgotten, and people start having crazy ideas. But materialistic progress is just that, the more material you have and the more greedy you are, the more you make personal progress.
')This is a very simple concept and i'm probably stating the obvious. But sometimes the obvious seems to be forgotten, and people start having crazy ideas. But materialistic progress is just that, the more material you have and the more greedy you are, the more you make personal progress.
We have also other needs than material needs, and thus also other definitions for personal progress than being more greedy. See Maslow's hierarchy of needs:
http://web.utk.edu/~gwynne/maslow.HTM
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Re: Pessimist or optimist?
by Keith_McClary » Sat 02 Oct 2004, 23:57:34
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jato', 'H')ow does this effect how we think about Peak Oil?
A Peak Oil Pessimist says half the oil is depleted.
A Peak Oil Optimist says half the oil is still in the ground.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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