TAW122
Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
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Perhaps I have written a similar article before, but recently, I had a realization when looking at humanity, sentient beings, and even looking at the geological or universe itself, at least at the macro level. Basically, all the problems and challenges that one faces all stem from sentience (life) itself, as with living things. At the macro level (referring to millions or even billions of years of sentience, even before humans existed), all the sentience is just suffering and such, after the big bang and start of the universe. Then again, the universe is non-sentient and was just 'there', but I digress a bit.
Even all the pleasure and fleeting joy that one experiences in life can be traced back to sentience. The pleasure and fleeting joy is insignificant from the lens of those who don't exist (or never will exist). Of course, as people who are non-introspective or did not have enough self-awareness to recognize it, are stuck in a loop of pleasure and copes without enough awareness to think beyond the surface level.
Here is a video by Bill Wurtz on YouTube and I will explain my perspective and how I interpret it, versus how normal people (mainstream people, normies, and people outside of SaSu, basically non-nihilists) interpret things.
How TAW122 interprets it
As someone who is an antinatalist and nihilist, I can see that we (humans) are just temporary sentient beings, albeit with much more capability than other species, but that all our suffering, problems, and issues all being with sentience. Of course, while the video explains the start of the world, and I can acknowledge that, I see it and interpret it as the start of all the problems that we face as sentient beings. Basically, if there was no us to being with, there would be no suffering for us (perhaps other species as well, like the ones that existed before humans or even possibly ones that exist after humanity's end of reign).
How normies (mainstream masses) interpret it
Of course, normies in general do not share antinatalist views nor nihilistic views of the world and just accept that they are born, they experience 'sentience' itself (pain, pleasure, suffering, and all arrays of emotions). In fact, furthermore, they don't even question the "why" they exist and are merely just purposefully distracting themselves with ignorance and bliss for the most part. Additionally, they view the video as something that is magnificent and some sort of 'miracle' or rare opportunity to exist as sentience is like winning the lottery for them (which it isn't!). This is also one factor (perhaps a major one even) towards why pro-lifers assign the inherent value of life and refuse anything that could put that worldview in doubt or be contested.
The main differences between TAW122 (me, as well as a fair bit of SaSu members, nihilists, and antinatalists) see and interpret things is that sentience is something that was imposed unto the individual without the individual's say and not some miracle or virtue or value. However, most normies and masses don't have that mindset, therefore, they just view existence as something that is amazing as that is the only thing they knew when sentience arrived for them. In other words, they never looked or questioned existence (at least the majority of them) and even if they did, they often reject anything that could challenge or contradict their worldview and indoctrination (upbringing). Thus, they even view this 'limited' time being sentient as being the most valuable thing, even if they know that existence is a temporary state in the eyes of the universe, over astronomical swathes of time (over 13 billion years old). Sadly, this isn't just limited to theists, but also atheists and secular folk as well.
As someone who is more nihilistic and fatalistic about sentience, I could see that sentience itself is a net negative that has more costs and burdens than that of gains (some victories in an overwhelmingly long and arduous torture state (being alive and suffering) with potential for extreme torture – be it diseases, infirmity, natural disasters, other fellow human beings' actions). This is also why I take the position and stance of that of an antinatalist, as I believe that bringing in non-sentience to sentience is a net negative and unethical as the non-sentient being never consented to being sentient. As an additional point: If there was no start, there could be no end. If there was nothing, then there could be no victory nor loss. Nothingness is neither a negative nor a positive, but a neutral state.
Sure, some people (including myself) have enough self-realization/awareness to recognize that we are trapped in sentience until we decide to take our fate (decision to continue sentience or CTB) in our own hands. However, most normies and the mainstream masses do not recognize (or even purposefully reject) the bigger picture of sentience itself. To them, just existing is a state that they are and don't think anymore deeply beyond that.
In conclusion, this article explains the thoughts and points that shaped my worldview and how I view 'sentience' itself. In addition to that, it also explains why sentience itself is more of a net negative than a net positive from an objective, realistic point of view. While there are fleeting moments and periods of joy, most people tend to focus on those while ignoring the vast majority of times where mundanity is present and even at worst, great suffering that happens at the worst times of one's sentience. Somehow they justify it by it being just part and parcel of the 'human experience', but I digress.
Even all the pleasure and fleeting joy that one experiences in life can be traced back to sentience. The pleasure and fleeting joy is insignificant from the lens of those who don't exist (or never will exist). Of course, as people who are non-introspective or did not have enough self-awareness to recognize it, are stuck in a loop of pleasure and copes without enough awareness to think beyond the surface level.
Here is a video by Bill Wurtz on YouTube and I will explain my perspective and how I interpret it, versus how normal people (mainstream people, normies, and people outside of SaSu, basically non-nihilists) interpret things.
How TAW122 interprets it
As someone who is an antinatalist and nihilist, I can see that we (humans) are just temporary sentient beings, albeit with much more capability than other species, but that all our suffering, problems, and issues all being with sentience. Of course, while the video explains the start of the world, and I can acknowledge that, I see it and interpret it as the start of all the problems that we face as sentient beings. Basically, if there was no us to being with, there would be no suffering for us (perhaps other species as well, like the ones that existed before humans or even possibly ones that exist after humanity's end of reign).
How normies (mainstream masses) interpret it
Of course, normies in general do not share antinatalist views nor nihilistic views of the world and just accept that they are born, they experience 'sentience' itself (pain, pleasure, suffering, and all arrays of emotions). In fact, furthermore, they don't even question the "why" they exist and are merely just purposefully distracting themselves with ignorance and bliss for the most part. Additionally, they view the video as something that is magnificent and some sort of 'miracle' or rare opportunity to exist as sentience is like winning the lottery for them (which it isn't!). This is also one factor (perhaps a major one even) towards why pro-lifers assign the inherent value of life and refuse anything that could put that worldview in doubt or be contested.
The main differences between TAW122 (me, as well as a fair bit of SaSu members, nihilists, and antinatalists) see and interpret things is that sentience is something that was imposed unto the individual without the individual's say and not some miracle or virtue or value. However, most normies and masses don't have that mindset, therefore, they just view existence as something that is amazing as that is the only thing they knew when sentience arrived for them. In other words, they never looked or questioned existence (at least the majority of them) and even if they did, they often reject anything that could challenge or contradict their worldview and indoctrination (upbringing). Thus, they even view this 'limited' time being sentient as being the most valuable thing, even if they know that existence is a temporary state in the eyes of the universe, over astronomical swathes of time (over 13 billion years old). Sadly, this isn't just limited to theists, but also atheists and secular folk as well.
As someone who is more nihilistic and fatalistic about sentience, I could see that sentience itself is a net negative that has more costs and burdens than that of gains (some victories in an overwhelmingly long and arduous torture state (being alive and suffering) with potential for extreme torture – be it diseases, infirmity, natural disasters, other fellow human beings' actions). This is also why I take the position and stance of that of an antinatalist, as I believe that bringing in non-sentience to sentience is a net negative and unethical as the non-sentient being never consented to being sentient. As an additional point: If there was no start, there could be no end. If there was nothing, then there could be no victory nor loss. Nothingness is neither a negative nor a positive, but a neutral state.
Sure, some people (including myself) have enough self-realization/awareness to recognize that we are trapped in sentience until we decide to take our fate (decision to continue sentience or CTB) in our own hands. However, most normies and the mainstream masses do not recognize (or even purposefully reject) the bigger picture of sentience itself. To them, just existing is a state that they are and don't think anymore deeply beyond that.
In conclusion, this article explains the thoughts and points that shaped my worldview and how I view 'sentience' itself. In addition to that, it also explains why sentience itself is more of a net negative than a net positive from an objective, realistic point of view. While there are fleeting moments and periods of joy, most people tend to focus on those while ignoring the vast majority of times where mundanity is present and even at worst, great suffering that happens at the worst times of one's sentience. Somehow they justify it by it being just part and parcel of the 'human experience', but I digress.
