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Re:The Popper Principle by kibwen on Friday February 20, 2026 @04:34PM (#47094302)
The output of /dev/random doesn't have meaning, but that doesn't make my kernel a nihilist.
Re:The Popper Principle by epsilonic on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @02:10PM (#47156279)
Not a useful analogy because nihilism is a human pursuit, not an OS one. The aggregate history of humanity does have meaning; it embodies information, cultural transmission, a lineage of ideas, which are all artifacts of human interactions that often shape the trajectory of civilization and the choices we make as individuals.