iras116 t1_j1ip48k wrote
Reply to comment by Warm-Enthusiasm-9534 in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
Agreed. You can find similar descriptions from books written a hundred years ago, about how tough the environment was, how corrupt the human soul was, how bleak the future seemed to be…
bhbhbhhh t1_j1kjs2j wrote
And were the optimists of the 1920s proven right?
iras116 t1_j1lb334 wrote
They had been right, and they had been wrong, just like everybody else, just like some random author writes some random fictions a hundred years later which could be proven either right or wrong in another hundred years - it’d be unwise for us to take those fictional predictions too seriously. That’s the point.
bhbhbhhh t1_j1lbubh wrote
What in god’s name are you talking about? Of course people’s hopes and dreams and fears are serious.
iras116 t1_j1lcq6x wrote
You rely on Fictional Novels for the prospect of your “hopes and dreams”?
You’ve been on this thread antagonizing many people for more than 9 hours so far, on Christmas Eve. I think we both know your problem is not with any of the arguments here. Don’t bother replying I’m having you blocked for the sake of your mental health.
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