Nietzsche Wannabe/Trivia

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  • Nihilism is simply belief in nothing, no more, no less; it isn't a Brown Note which makes a person Go Mad From the Revelation, pushes him onto the Despair Event Horizon, turns his entire life into an instant Cosmic Horror Story, converts him into a monstrously omnicidal Card Carrying Villain, or automatically turns him wangsty or depressed. There are also many interpretations for nihilism. For example, Metaphysical nihilism is a literal belief in nothing. Moral nihilism is the view that morality does not exist as something inherent to objective reality; therefore no action is necessarily preferable to any other. For example, a moral nihilist would say that killing someone, for whatever reason, is not inherently right or wrong. Existential nihilism is saying life is meaningless and insignificant -- the form of nihilism which is often portrayed in this trope.
    • However, this is a true Mind Screw. How does one believe in nothing, and yet believe this belief is truth? Because truth is something, but...