Nihilism is Pointless

When I say "society" I mean all people. I'm saying it has no practical use for anyone. I'm not talking about groups or norms. I'm just going to tie this down so it's not an issue later, Could you define existential nihilism for me. Is that to say that one rejects their own existence being true? When you say extreme skepticism, Do you mean true skepticism? The believe that we can't truly know anything? I'm pretty sure that's what you're talking about, But I want to make sure we don't talk passed each other. Solipsism is not problematic in the way I apply my epistemology. All of my beliefs stand on my consciousness. I posit that my consciousness is justified by virtue that I can reject it and it continues to produce reliable information. I don't take axioms or presuppositions. I'm pretty sure those are the same thing, But I wrote both just in case. I also cannot manipulate the consistency of my consciousness. Doing a science experiment from the view of my consciousness would be a good example of this. I can reject reality and drop a pen 100 times and it will drop 100 times. I can try to will the pen not to drop 100 times, But it will till drop 100 times. This means I can audit my reality without having to presuppose the truth of the matter. So I am forced by my epistemology to reject epistemological nihilism. For the purposes of the debate, I will ague that epistemological nihilism seem impractical to me because it necessarily can't make truth claims. Assuming that you believe nothing can be known. You can demonstrate in reality that people are not reading your mind. I find your fear to be unwarranted. This is an example of why nihilism is impractical. You've reached an extraordinary conclusion "others can read my mind" without sufficient evidence. Taking a practical approach would get you right passed this. Here's the example I use to highlight why solipsism isn't a problem: I could be eating and drinking in reality and it gives me joy and sustains my life, While in "real reality" I could be strapped into a chair being tortured by demons, And it wouldn't matter. For practical purposes, I don't experience any torture and whatever is happening in "real reality" is keeping me alive, So all that would mean is that demon torture makes me happy and sustains my life and I simply don't know it. Even though I'm unaware. The consistency of the action is practical. This is why it's not problematic for me. On moral nihilism. I subscribe to this subjective into objective argument. So it is indeed true that moral values are subjective, But once we agree on those values, Any evaluation that we make concerning those values is now objective by definition. Just like it's objectively against the rules of chess to move a rook slanted. The rules of check are subjective, But their application is objective. I'm not sure if moral nihilism poses a moral code or just makes it an opinion. Please clarify in your response so I don't falsely attribute you position. To this comment, I say that most, If not all of those religions that you stated are impractical. But I'm only here to debate nihilism. I understand your argument however. There might be some religions that can be practical, I can't speak for all 100, 000 some sects. That's why I'm just sticking to nihilism. You said "I'd say that nihilism is probably one of the most controversial, Yet most important ideologies to take a look at" Can you provide evidence that it is important? I personally find it vacuous and counterproductive to logic. If you can show me when it is important to have nihilism. That would make your case very strong. To your last comment, There are indeed things that are pointless. If there is no practical application, Then it's pointless. One critique of nihilism that i'll add is that there are similar systems that propose the same lack of knowledge, But are still productive, So why not use those? Pragmaticism is one example of this. Taking axioms is also superior to nihilism because at least now people of a basis for objective truths. Your floor.