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[–] VoatsNewfag ago
Do the experiences matter? Why does it not matter whether you give one human a bad experience or hundreds of humans a bad experience?
[–] goatboy ago
The Universe is everything from nothing. Everything is from nothing. The universe is absurd. Experience is absurd. Absurd is ridiculous. Experience is ridiculous.
So yes. Experience matters in as much as ridiculous matters.
Both seem equally ridiculous to me.
[–] VoatsNewfag ago (edited ago)
I think you're right. As far as I know the current scientific consensus is that our universe will die a heat death which means nothing will ever happen at that time, complete stagnation. If we assume that there is no afterlife and that this is the final inevitable outcome it's easy to conclude that what ever happens until then becomes meaningless.
But I also think that's the wrong point of view. I believe that life should only be evaluated from the perspective of life itself. I see little difference between saying that the "void" considers us ridiculous and to say that a "rock" or "tree" considers us meaningless. It's impossible for a tree to have any evaluation of humans suffering or feeling joy and it's the same for the void or universe.
But it sounds a lot more pathetic to complain that we're ridiculous or meaningless from the point of view of a tree.
It's also not a healthy worldview, to say that one human suffering is equivalent to genocide is equivalent to a child experiencing joy - that is the statement of a insane dissociated person, even if it can be rationalized it's still a insane viewpoint.