For Nagel, Why Isn't the Fact That Nothing We Do

question 149

Multiple Choice

For Nagel, why isn't the fact that nothing we do now will matter in one million years a source of absurdity?

• A) Because brevity is not a source of absurdity
• B) Because it isn't true
• C) Because that fact won't matter in one million years
• D) None of the above

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