Nihilism Debate

Cluster centers on debates identifying and interpreting nihilism in a statement or viewpoint, distinguishing it from related philosophies like absurdism, existentialism, and Nietzschean ideas, while questioning its implications and value.

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Karunamon Jan 5, 2023 View on HN

That sounds like nihilism with extra steps.

tokai Jan 22, 2026 View on HN

Nihilism is the bad interpretation from someone the slashdot user met. Read the text again.

n40487171 Jun 17, 2023 View on HN

I think you may be looking for some sort of Nihilism

friedman23 Aug 17, 2020 View on HN

Why are we saying nihilism is bad?

ygouzerh Jul 31, 2024 View on HN

That's seems quite following existential nihilism

Cthulhu_ Sep 2, 2024 View on HN

Sounds like you're going through a bit of a nihilism phase, the futility of it all. It's cool.

varunneal May 28, 2025 View on HN

isn't this survivorship bias? e.g. people who genuinely feel highly nihilistic, that there is no order, structure, meaning, etc. are very unlikely to be successful--and also unlikely to continue choosing to be alive

perching_aix Nov 24, 2025 View on HN

Sounds like nihilism for beginners.

kerblang Jan 16, 2025 View on HN

Nihilism is cynicism with a turbo button

cybernautique Dec 13, 2021 View on HN

This seems more like a perspectivism, egoism, or absurdism than nihilism. Ultimately, nihilism is the position that even any meaning you create is likewise inherently meaningless. To create your own meaning, and maintain that it is meaningful, is a refutation of nihilism, not its embrace.