User blog comment:Diexilius/Forsaken/@comment-26030957-20170311180121/@comment-25947144-20170311184824

Very insightful response, my friend.

To be honest I don't think it's solely animal instincts that makes us want to live. I mean, it isn't stopping hundreds of thousands of people every year who decide to off themselves. It's certainly a powerful influence, but our conscience is the deciding factor. Maybe I should have asked more questions, instinctual behavior is an interesting theme as well. We don't ask to exist and almost none of the factors that determine our opinions and identity are our choice, but I think it's neither unfair or bad. After all, absolute objectivity would mean that no decisions are ever done.

I kinda disagree with the parasite part. Not that we wouldn't be detrimental to the planet, but for me humans are more important than the environment. If we manage to go another century without creating a hyper-intelligent AI that is likely to kill us all (very real possibility), we may even be able to create full-scale artificial environments. I would also argue that even though we are the biggest harm to the planet, we're also the only ones that have the ability to care.

"But, let me ask you this, would you change it if you could? Would you give up the part of you that makes you question and wonder, in order to get along better in this world? To go along with a happiness born of mindless contentment?"

No. As the saying goes, "Ignorance is a bliss, but the truth will set you free". And freedom is one of my most important values, as long as I'll exist I will be free. Also interesting is the discussion of history, would you change anything at all? I wouldn't. Even the slightest change would erase countless good and/or innocent people. Sure, others would appear, but I don't think any man has the right to decide for the others.

I genuinely feel kinda sad, I think I matured a bit too fast. I'm only sixteen and I've been through more painful revelations than the average man would ever go through. But as I said, I wouldn't change a thing.