The advancedatheist takes issue with the relationship between atheism and nihilism: According to the GSS, atheists are four times as likely as firm theists to definitively agree that "life serves no purpose". The percentages are small though, 8% and 2%, respectively. Fortunately the survey asked the question on a five-point scale, so it's easy enough... Read More

On their most recent podcast, Kevins Grace and Steel asserted, in the context of a long discussion on George Soros, that Jews are particularly nihilistic. If so, they sure are diligent, deliberate, and effortful in attaining meaningless worldly success. Come to think of it, Kefka's character was based in large part on Soros! The percentage... Read More