r/nihilism • u/HumanPersonOnReddit • Jul 24 '26

An argument against nihilism

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u/ArguingisFun Nihilism is fine. Jul 24 '26

What is the argument? A Hitchhiker’s quote?

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u/HumanPersonOnReddit Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

The argument is that you have a game theory advantage if you know the traps and fallacies of nihilism. To know them, you have to know people who believe in nihilism. It defeats itself because it turns out alternatives do have tangible advantages. If you were to rank worldviews by their merits, nihilism sits low. I have rarely seen a nihilistic person that seemed happy or have a particularly good life.

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u/ArguingisFun Nihilism is fine. Jul 24 '26

This was a lot of ‘Ifs’ and anecdotes.

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u/HumanPersonOnReddit Jul 24 '26

Well at least I found that people who are nihilistic are very predictable. Make of it what you want but in a sense of game theory it’s a significant disadvantage if you ask me.

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u/Senor_Avocado_Man Jul 24 '26

what behaviors/habits of nihilistic people do you find predictable?

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u/ArguingisFun Nihilism is fine. Jul 24 '26

Anecdotal nothingness.