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Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

Tetris

Are you familiar with the gameTetris? Picture a pristine slate, the commencement of a game.

Philosophy & Mind By Niklas S. Osterman

Particles.

Everything is just a random rearrangement of particles, and to live is to experience countless deaths. Living entails making choices, and with each choice, we forego an infinite number of…

Philosophy & Mind By Niklas S. Osterman

Absurd.

He stands on the precipice of existential abyss, a gentle compassionate nihilist, staring into the void of meaninglessness, tracing the random paths that life etches. Indeed, nothing is solid, nothing…

Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

A tribute.

He harbored no affection for the hours from 11 am to 5 pm. Those languid, expansive stretches of afternoons, he found them drearily oppressive.

Philosophy & Mind By Niklas S. Osterman

A story.

Around him everything seemed to bear a spectral aura - eerie and intriguing. The world, simultaneously sharp and fuzzy - yet tender, was waking up.

Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

10.2005 – ni·hil·ism

10.2005 ni·hil·ism A : a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless B : a doctrine that denies any objective ground of…

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