”We are creatures that should not exist by natural law”

”We are creatures that should not exist by natural law”
I came across this unexpected and fine piece of dialogue the other day, a glorification of nihilism, which reminded me the reading I had done with Schopenhauer many years ago as I briefly ventured into philosophy. TV series have come a very long way since "Starsky & Hutch".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer#Heredity_and_eugenics

"I think human consciousness was a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self- aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law."

Huh. That sounds god-fucking-awful, Rust.

"We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, this accretion of sensory experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody when, in fact, everybody's nobody."

I wouldn't go around spouting that shit, I was you. People around here don't think that way. I don't think that way.

"I think the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction, one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal."

So what's the point of getting out bed in the morning?

"I tell myself I bear witness, but the real answer is that it's obviously my programming, and I lack the constitution for suicide."

My luck, I picked today to get to know you. a word from you, and...

"You asked."

Yeah. And now I'm begging you to shut the fuck up.
http://youtu.be/A8x73UW8Hjk
http://youtu.be/A8x73UW8Hjk