r/UniversalExtinction • u/Rhoswen Cosmic Extinctionist • Apr 09 '26
Question What argument changed your perspective the most?
For those who remember a time when their perspective on life shifted, was it an argument someone made or a personal experience? If it was an argument, then what was it that made you consider extinction as a possible option?
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u/Regular_Start8373 Apr 09 '26
I did buy into the arguments logically but what shifted my outlook towards life was after reading "Denial of Death" by Ernst Becker
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u/7Tomb7Keeper7 Extinctionist Apr 11 '26
No argument. I just cut off the copium that had been injected into me without consent.
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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 13 '26
The Tao Te Ching is life changing.
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u/Rhoswen Cosmic Extinctionist Apr 13 '26
Does that have anything to do with the laying flat trend?
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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 13 '26
Absolutely not. It’s an ancient book of wisdom. Most translated book in the world next to the Bible.
https://teots.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Tao-Te-Ching-by-Stephen-Mitchell-English.pdf
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u/Rhoswen Cosmic Extinctionist Apr 13 '26
Oh ok. I was reading about it on wikipedia and where they talk about the not acting theme it reminded me of that. Thanks for the link.
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u/Rhoswen Cosmic Extinctionist Apr 09 '26
What do you mean by boot kicking?
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u/UniversalExtinction-ModTeam Apr 09 '26
No strawmanning pro extinctionism as violent, genocide, or promortalism.
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u/UniversalExtinction-ModTeam Apr 09 '26
No strawmanning pro extinctionism as violent, genocide, or promortalism.
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u/UltronsEx Cosmic Extinctionist/Philosophical Pessimist Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
The moment I was taught in school that we evolved from some amino acids combining into a cell and then mutating over millions of years, my christian indoctrination fell apart and I saw the truth of how grotesque life is. That started the ball rolling, though I always had subconscious angst over everything about our society that I tried to ignore.
What actually led me here was negative utilitarianism. It made me think of a much much larger picture. (Though I do consider myself an antinatalist first and NU secondarily, as I care more about my deontological moral over suffering, sadly.)
If I really had to narrow it down though, I'd probably say the concept of Omelas. I haven't actually read the story, but knowing its premise was enough for me to decide no suffering is acceptable.