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198. Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Reality: Materialism, Idealism, or Skepticism

The Michael Shermer Show

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Do We Need to Eliminate Suffering?

"I think suffering is an intrinsic part of nature. But what i'm not a is with meaninglessness. Is nihilism," he says. "If you're having fun all the time, you sort of glide through nature without really introspecting and thinking about the issues." He adds that we have to embrace suffering but realize it has meaning.

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