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Slick:
The world is full of super powers and we as individuals are powerless to change anything, therefore we're just as well to not bother.
This just in: Nihilism is actually kind of stupid!
Nodaisho:
I am not being nihilistic, I am being realistic. My view on nihilism comes from a Terry Pratchett book, though I can't find the precise quote. In a hundred years, nothing we do will matter, but here and now, we are alive. Go ahead, I encourage you to have a cause, be Don Quixote, and may none of your giants be windmills, but know that the odds of your cause actually succeeding, don't deceive yourself into thinking they are good.
RedLion:
The idea that 100 years from now nothing we do will matter is one of the most ridiculous thing that I think I've ever heard. I really don't know how you can be saying that non-ironically. Things that happened over a thousand years ago are still having massive reverberations in this day and age. Hell, World War One was almost 100 years ago now, and in many ways, the world is still fighting the battles that that war set off, particularly in the Balkans and the Caucasus.
You can certainly be a nihilist--but the fact is that history proves you wrong, again and again and again and again. The only reason you exist is because of myriad things that happened that had an effect on the future.
a pack of wolves:
Also, the actions of individuals having a massive effect on the course of history is a recurring theme in Terry Pratchett novels. Sorry Nodaisho, but not even your source thinks you're being realistic.
jhocking:
Getting back to the robot sentries thing (ie. the subject of the thread,) well we already have enough problems with shit like land mines, so adding insane killer robots into the mix would just be taking things to the next level.
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