13.8 Billion years ago, the universe was created in a magical moment that we have yet to understand. 370,000 years after that, it cooled down enough to finally let protons bind to electrons, and the first atoms formed (99% hydrogen, 1% helium). 100M years after that, much of that hydrogen gas collapsed into stars, which underwent nuclear fusion to produce helium, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and other heavier elements u…
Ask HN: How do you justify your existence?
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#42"They can see no reasons 'cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need? Oh oh oh whoa whoa"
Boomtown Rats
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#43Simply do no harm, and be as you are
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#44From:
The Meaning Of Life
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#4613.8 Billion years ago, the universe was created in a magical moment that we have yet to understand. 370,000 years after that, it cooled down enough to finally let protons bind to electrons, and the first atoms formed (99% hydrogen, 1% helium). 100M years after that, much of that hydrogen gas collapsed into stars, which underwent nuclear fusion to produce helium, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and other heavier elements u…
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#48Got 1084 of karma at HN. That should be more than enough to justify my existence.
At what point do you get the red pill that breaks you out of the simulation?
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#49To continue slightly less abstract, I also have made more low level rules for my current run. They are based off the rules all religions I know of have, the most important being a variation on the Golden Rule. "Treat everyone as if they were a friend or close family member." That is all most should ever need. I still made more, a work that is still in progress which I hope to never complete and probably will never publish. I wont even share them all here, since I doubt many have read this far and because of self doubt. "Always look out for #1 and always be prepared for a #2." Yes, there is a poop joke in there. There's enough ambiguity as well to allow for multiple interpretations. "Plan ahead, don't wait; take care of your needs, before it's too late." That's the other wording for the same rule. "Only desire what you require. Create more than you consume." A rule made when I quit watching the news, TV and movies and quit playing videogames. "Lift people up before taking anyone down." It helps to gather an army first but more important, if you lift enough people up, there's no one left at the bottom. Lower the bar. "Electric chairs for billionaires. They only time it is theft, is when the victim needs it more." Emphasis on "need" and if you aren't a billionaire, you are a victim. "If an opponent angers you, you've already lost. Any enemy can be defeated with unconditional love." That one probably needs more explaining. Instead, I'll try to end this existentialist madness. My first post and/or comment ever on this site.
To answer the initial question: Left, indented once if "your existence" starts the first sentence of a paragraph. Centered if it is the topic or chapter title. To anyone who read this entire thing, thank you and I hope you have a nice day.