One Thought Can Change You Forever
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Published 2020-10-28
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After stumbling across a YouTube video, a young man suddenly finds himself thinking and seeing differently. In a chain of events, this thought then leads to a sequence of new thoughts and discoveries, which he can't seem to find his way out of.
(The arguments made in this video were, in part, inspired by the philosophical views of Arthur Schopenhauer, Sam Harris, and Peter van Inwagen.)
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All Comments (21)
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Dog: sniffs the ground Casey: Has existential crisis
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Does anyone else have moments where you see yourself in the mirror and you realise you are you. Like a strange distance is created between your consciousness and your material body/mind. I sometimes have these moments and they are interesting to say the least. It's like an intermission between one part of a play and another.
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"If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice." - Neil Peart
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I've come to a realization. If you think about something for long enough, it can become a paradox.
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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” ― Oscar Wilde
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"So why are you ordering this fish that you don't like?" Casey: INHALES Well a week ago I watched a YouTube video and–
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Things start to lose their meaning when you think about them hard enough. Nothing is all that exciting anymore.
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"Maybe it's time you stopped asking questions and started having Fun" -A certain talking Cat
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"You have already made the choice. You are here to discover why you made it." -Somebody
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NEVER REGRET A DAY IN YOUR LIFE: Good days give happiness Bad days give experiences Worst days give lessons And Best days gives memories
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"inevitably, he sounded pretty crazy" How my every attempt at meaningful conversation goes. The best part about the coinflip, aside from it completely lacking free will, is that even the outcome of the coin toss is not at all random, It's determined by weight, rotation, air resistance, etc. Random only exists down at the quantum level. But even those random outcomes may only seem random to us at this point of our understanding of it.
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The meaning of life is what you find meaningful. If you want your life to have a purpose, you must place the purpose yourself. This is the real beauty of life.
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The most freeing words: "oh well".
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The quest for meaning has led many people to insanity, and, especially if you have an over-analytical brain, you can fall easily into the trap of obsession. Don't let the absurdity of this world consume you. Smile, laugh at it, be strong and enjoy every aspect of the ride.
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It's like he puts thoughts I've had into words perfectly.
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We are all Sisyphus, pushing our stones up the mountains of our lives against the absurdity of the universe.
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"The only bad thing that can be done is taking it too seriously" - Alan Watts
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"Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills." — Schopenhauer
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Casey’s friend: “But technically, didn’t you still did what you wanted?” Casey: ... fuck! Me: wheezing a storm
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“Why there are so many quotes in cmt section”- me
