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What are the criteria for "successful?" I do not believe that existentialism flatters us or makes us th center of the universe. It simply says that we exist in a vast universe which we do not control.. Ergo, the quote is inaccurate.

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I am happy to be a humanist. "Humans first before everything else, especially imaginary things." But yet have spent my whole life, opposed to a human centric view of the universe, and the idea of human exceptionalism. Is that too complex to carry off ?

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I am deeply distrustful of that feel-good BS

Wise. I thought that the quote is generally true, but only with the many exceptions of people who see through the trick. It seems I don't need to prove my point, because along you came.

@Fernapple I will admit I May allow myself to bask in the adulation for a few moments, but then common sense asserts itself & I read the label on the snake oil......

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