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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzsche

hes puting a light hearted twist on the inferiority of human beings...[/url]

I'm not sure I understand this thread. You have read (and comprehended) Nietzsche, correct?

A very long article, it will take too long to read the whole thing!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch

I am teh Uber-extropian!

(My head hurts after reading the opening...)
Actually... mine does too.
What the heck was it talking about?

Reading this, it seems to me that Nietzsche gave his opinions on subjects like morality, society, and religion in a thought-inducing, extreme, and original style, and everyone made interpretations of it. Quite a strange man.

Fredrieche Wilhelm Neitzsche was quite an odd duck of a man.
He invented Nihilism: The philosophy that says life (especially human life) is an abberation and ought to be put to rights by everybody dying at once.
He created the concept that there are no "normal" humans; there are Untermunchen (inferior men) and Ubermenchen (superior men). He was a superior man (naturally).
He cultivated a moustache that covered his chin. No whiskers, just moustache...
He died in an asylum for the totally bewildered (the insane). He insisted he was insane, and paid for his own care there. When doctors tried to actually test his sanity, he refused; saying he knew himself better than any doctor, and could tell if he was nuts or not, and he (in his own opinion) was quite insane, thank-you.

hmm hes i believe that the only thing that makes a human superior is to realize how inferior they are

Nihilism is just begging to be grossly mistranslated by hardcore werewolf wannabes.

Of course, i used to follow nihilism fiercely myself, but then i realized that maybe shaming humans into admitting their mistakes sounds more amusing.