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Originally Posted by landpoke
As I said in the other thread I'm quite content.
What I do despise, however, is hypocrisy and I believe it's the height of hypocrisy to pretend humans, at a base level, care about anything other than themselves.
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It's because I care so much about myself that I make the decisions I do. You define "usefulness" so differently than I do. You define it with your gut, or, as you said, "at a base level."
Caring about endangered species is good for you. It makes you less selfish.
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12
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