Will Eisner had a purpose in life…
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matt_shade — 6 years ago(July 24, 2019 11:31 AM)
That's believing the universe revolves around you, that the universe knows you exist because it created you to perform a function as part of its function. Meaning if you don't perform your function the universe can't perform its function. Hence the universe revolves around you, you are the fulcrum, without you the whole big cosmic train goes off rails and crashes. As opposed to those people without "purpose" who are not vital cogs in the machine like you, they're just redundant wheels unconnected to anything.
That's how the myth of "purpose" is inherently egotistical.
Reality is all life on this planet could have gone extinct with the dinosaurs and that would be a universe as equally valid as this one. Our utility to the birds as caretakers is as irrelevant as our utility as caretakers to the alligators or the guinea pigs or the golden-headed langur (the 70 or so left on the planet).
'(sigh) We humans are stupid egotistical self-deluded beings' -
matt_shade — 6 years ago(July 24, 2019 10:03 PM)
You know I might buy this b.s. you spout if it were not for the fact you post in the Superhero threads. Superheroes stand for hope. They make us want to be better to be more then we are.
I agree. And being better entails not being egotistical and self-deluded.
To selflessly help others even if they may not deserve it.
No one "deserves" anything but yes, that is part of the concept of the superhero.
So for all this doom and gloom you spout I think deep down inside you do cling to some hope and desperately want to be part of the human race.
You're confusing two things: the "doom and gloom" is my personal misanthropy, my personal disappointment with mankind. That is separate from my points about what is myth and what is real, which is entirely impersonal.
As for wanting to be part of the human race, my favorite superhero is Martian Manhunter.
'(sigh) We humans are stupid egotistical self-deluded beings'