Alex O'Connor

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2,073 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 25 May

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That's literally a question about why they feel a particular way.

Yes, there is.

But what I'm saying is that the link between that worldview and their feeling has nothing to do with the truth of the worldview.

You see what I'm saying?

Nihilism can be true.

Nihilism can be false.

Nihilism can be an unintelligible concept.

It can still be the case that that person's conviction is making them depressed.

I agree.

In the same way that somebody could be a Christian and that makes them really happy, that doesn't mean Christianity is true.

Someone can become a Christian and become really depressed.

That doesn't mean that Christianity is false.

What I'm trying to point out is it is just trivially true.

Okay.

I'm saying that doesn't talk about the truth of your belief.

So for example, you could believe that your children are about to die.

And that suddenly your life feels really meaningless and really purposeless.

It could be completely false.

You could have been misled.

Someone could lie to you.

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