The "Eternal Recurrence" is a terrible idea and a delusion.

The eternal recurrence is a key concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The eternal recurrence is the idea that all events in the universe will eternally recur. According to Nietzsche, if this is true, then every moment in time stands before us, "illuminated like a brilliant sun," and every moment "is already eternally complete and perfect." Every moment is "already eternally determined and necessary" because it must recur eternally. If you lived through a moment once, you will live through it forever.<br><br>If this is true then you will do everything you have ever done, over and over forever, for all eternity. And so will everyone else.<br><br>If this is true, then there is no death. But there is also no life. Every moment of existence, every pleasure and pain, every joy and suffering, is eternal. Forever.<br><br>This means that if you hate your job, you will be working at that job forever, in an infinite number of universes. If you hate your in-laws, you will be stuck with them forever. If you hate your boss, your co-workers, your neighbors, your co-pilot on the infinite journey of existence, then you will be stuck with them for eternity. <br><br>The eternal recurrence is a delusion because it makes every moment in existence infinite. Every moment is the same thing forever. If the eternal recurrence is true, then existence is never-ending, infinite suffering. There is no end to any suffering, because every moment is eternal.