You almost undo a scientifically unverifiable ''privilege'' by suggesting a scientifically unverifiable ''bigger scheme of things''.
The question why something and not nothing of course takes all this in it's stride.
the claim that we are not special is just the reverse of thinking we are special. Again Shakespeare has it with his iteration of ''why something and not nothing''
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You haven't actually read "Hamlet", have you?
Least of all in the original Klingon , you petaQ !.
"taH pagh taHbe'"
Indistinguishable from gobbledygook, I'd say.
"Whether 'tis nobler in mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of trouble and by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep; no more."
It's about being alive or not being alive, you silly bint.
A couple of points:
1-As others have pointed out, Shakespeare was discussing suicide
2-Taking a dive down the philosophical rabbit hole--it's not clear what "nothing" means. If you're talking about a metaphysical, absolute nothingness, there's no reason to think that such a thing exists. Nobody--especially YOU, Vlad--has demonstrated that "nothing" exists. Even that were the case, there's a paradox--"nothing" itself is still _something_, so if you did demonstrate that "nothing" exists, you'd still have *something* (a void, a concept, etc). It's not really clear if it's possible to have a meaningful discussion about "nothing" because as soon as you introduce the concept, you have something.
[Taking off my philosopher's hat, putting on my internet troll hat]
Then again, I can demonstrate that an absolute void exists--it's between Vlad's ears!!!
[Rimshot]
“the claim that we are not special is just the reverse of thinking we are special."
If you don’t take the books as a history, then what is that that makes us ‘special’? Special in whose eyes? Our own? That’s arrogant. We’re not substantially different from many other creatures, same biochemistry, connected origins, shared fates.
“Again Shakespeare has it with his iteration of ''why something and not nothing''
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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