Sorry for Apologizing

The idea of regret (and the “apology”) is unfounded. On a social level this practice is reasonable insofar as an expression of sympathy; however, the extension of the practice such that it retains a sort of ethical or moral imperative with meaning is absurd give the premise of materialism. The past could only have reasonably resulted in a single future which makes a notion of acting upon the comparison of multiple possible outcomes or realities unreasonable. One may apologize to the ant for the raindrop which has impaled it out of sympathetic acknowledgment (no doubt driven by biological imperative), but a future in which the raindrop did not hit that very ant is an absurd scenario to postulate for the state of the universe before that moment would have had to be different back to the beginning of space and time. This is an absurd case as a different beginning of space and time would result in unpredictable and extreme alterations to the entire universe and it is entirely possible that no beginning state exists which could reasonably result in the alternate universe being used for comparison.

How liberating this truly is. Religions and morality hold that one should feel unhappy as a result of one’s actions. This creates a system in which one does as they see is necessary, naturally, and for that is asked to express social regret. This creates a very unnecessarily complex and unhappy situation which can only be known as oppressive. We should move for the future and in it seek the treasures of our existence, not dwell in the past with regret and remorse. How sad is the person who wastes more of their limited time by re-living the supposed “mistakes” of the past.

Surely nihilism is happiness?

Tags: drama, materialism, nihilism, Philosophy, regret, worry