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09/10/11(Sat)18:20 No.29549882
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(For sake of ponies, let's not expand on this too much.) Everything is assessed, determined by applied value - or in layman terms: opinions. This means that, ultimately, everything is useless, as it has no value in itself, it simply exists for no reason. However, because one cannot be certain anything exists, except for themselves (DUBITO, ERGO COGITO, ERGO SUM; I think therefore I am), existence as we perceive it (and assess it) becomes an uncertainty. This is the hight of apathy, complete uncertainty.
From this point people may start following certain ideas, postulates, that are taken as ground for theories and believes. An example of a postulate would be 'what I experience is real', meaning that what one sees, hears, tastes, smells or feels is real, the core principal of empiricism. Another popular postulate would be the existence of a God, although I am not here to discuss this.
Certain postulates are so wide spread and popular (sometimes necessary) that one can assume people use/follow them. This would mean that all applied value directly based on these postulates is intrinsic value: value for its own sake. When one has intrinsic value one can start creating ethics, morals, courtesy, etcetera. An example of this would be back in 2007 on /v/: you do not post with a trip. It is not necessary, nor does it 'break' 4chan, but most users followed this guideline because they agreed with the intrinsic value it was based on: 4chan is an anonymous imageboard, only to be used anonymously. An example of "necessary" intrinsic value would be the (assessed) value of life, which ultimately exists to keep society running.
To revert back to the matter at hand: there is a degree to which people can condemn Faceless for his posts, simply because they differ from the intrinsic value of the postulate they follow. Mind that there is no absolute postulate everyone on 4chan follows, so you cannot flank Faceless on that.
>Tl;dr: Nihilism 101. |
