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#* ''Biohacking technologies and transhumanist efforts can be seen as humanity’s grand project of finitude fighting.'' | #* ''Biohacking technologies and transhumanist efforts can be seen as humanity’s grand project of finitude fighting.'' | ||
#* ''There is a quiet peace in accepting limits instead of constantly engaging in finitude fighting.'' | #* ''There is a quiet peace in accepting limits instead of constantly engaging in finitude fighting.'' | ||
===="I reject your reality and substitute my own."==== | |||
{{#ev:youtube|-2J3EjYBYuU|400|center|Dungeon Master (1984) – "I reject your reality and substitute my own"}} | |||
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Revision as of 09:57, 14 April 2026
English
Etymology
From finitude (“the state of being finite; limitedness”) + fighting (present participle of fight).
Pronunciation
- Katakana: フィニチュード・ファイティング
- Hangul: 피니튜드 파이팅
Noun
finitude fighting (uncountable)
- The act of resisting, denying, or attempting to overcome inherent limits such as time, mortality, knowledge, or capacity.
- A disposition or behavior characterized by opposition to the finite nature of existence.
- His obsession with legacy felt like finitude fighting against the inevitability of death.
- Biohacking technologies and transhumanist efforts can be seen as humanity’s grand project of finitude fighting.
- There is a quiet peace in accepting limits instead of constantly engaging in finitude fighting.
"I reject your reality and substitute my own."
Usage notes
- The term may be used neutrally or critically. It can describe both productive striving against constraints and futile resistance to unavoidable limits.