I'm not sure I can remember now exactly...I think the point was just that if our contributions are a tiny part of a huge cosmic purpose, then that lessens their significance.
Any chance you'd be willing to summarise "Baggini’s argument at the end that cosmic purpose makes our lives less significant" for those of us who aren't behind the paywall?
I'm mostly curious whether you think it's a convincing argument or just a good effort, because it sounds very counter-intuitive.
Frustratingly obtuse (and very public) criticisms of one's arguments are something I'm glad I don't have to deal with all the time. I can't really even handle debating this stuff on Twitter--or at least I can't handle it when others can't handle it, so they instead just tell you to "f**k off", and then block you. Very frustrating, haha.
I'm not sure I can remember now exactly...I think the point was just that if our contributions are a tiny part of a huge cosmic purpose, then that lessens their significance.
The universe might be fine tuned but literary critics not.
He may have taken the time to review your book, but it seems he didn’t take the time to actually read it!
Any chance you'd be willing to summarise "Baggini’s argument at the end that cosmic purpose makes our lives less significant" for those of us who aren't behind the paywall?
I'm mostly curious whether you think it's a convincing argument or just a good effort, because it sounds very counter-intuitive.
Frustratingly obtuse (and very public) criticisms of one's arguments are something I'm glad I don't have to deal with all the time. I can't really even handle debating this stuff on Twitter--or at least I can't handle it when others can't handle it, so they instead just tell you to "f**k off", and then block you. Very frustrating, haha.