Your philosophical views

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There's too many philosophies to choose from. How can I determine which is the correct philosophy?

Atheism, anarchism, veganism, gender nihilism, determinism, deep ecology.

Pragmatism and rationality.

-Humanity is an evolutionary quirk...and incidental...
-There is no intrinsic/inherent meaning in life...
-Human psychology is the resultant product of our harsh environment...
-Individuals are inherently self centred...and easily corruptible...
-Emotions have a greater influence on our social value/moral systems than intellectual consideration...
-Delusion is an evolutionary tool to help facilitate the procreation process of the sentient human animal...
-Truthfulness is largely treated with disrespect in the our neurotypical dominated society...
-Politicians are the epitome of poor evolutionary design...

I have no desire to follow any formal philosophical doctrine...
I prefer to create my own...

Ayn Rand has embraced some unpleasant concepts (the infatuation of a serial killer is something I have difficulty with) but isn't the rejection of an entire philosophy a rather black and white oversimplification ("throwing the baby out with the bath water")?
The answer is yes...
It was a rhetorical question...

BTW, I was under the impression you were interested in a discussion rather than a debate or argument...

I'm not really sure where to start with this and there's no way I'll cover anything, but I guess I can throw a few things out there.

In my eyes, there is no meaning in life, except for that we give to it. Some people use religion to apply a certain value and purpose, and there is nothing wrong with that. I personally choose not to. The only value I place in life is the prospect that we may very well be the ONLY intelligent form of life, at least in the way we understand intelligence, in the universe. And maybe we aren't. But we could very well be a precious commodity, taking the first steps into the vast unknown; therefore I believe that in some way, there is some value in us. Of course objectively, there is no inherent "worth". But that is why subjectivity is such an important part of us. We think we are important. And we aren't. But this is our reality and we determine our own value. So why shouldn't we see ourselves as valuable, then?

Hrm... To go off of that, I guess. I think as our being *potentially* one of the only intelligent forms of life in the universe, we are in part at least, somewhat responsible towards doing what we can to learn as much as possible beeefoooore we most likely perish. Okay. Maybe not anyone. Free-will is important, duh. And alright. Maybe we aren't responsible for anything, but by some unfortunate (Or fortunate?) chain of events, here we are. Against ALL odds. And the fact we are even able to contemplate these kinds of things such as our existence, is insane. And I make it my personal goal at least to join in on our endless quest for discovery.

As far as some basic things, I'm pretty liberal. Why should I care what gender you want to call yourself, what religion you choose to follow, who you want to sleep with, it's not my damn business as long as you don't make my business YOUR business. Also... can we just all get along, and all that jazz? Let's all gather around the campfire and hold hands... Or... don't. Actually. Gross. But yeah, all the hippy bullcrap I guess that isn't really useful to everyday society.


... That got a bit awkward towards the end but I need to go to bed and felt like I should at least try to generalize some other junk before I interrupt myself. Maybe I'll expand this tomorrow (But I'll probably forget, let's be real.)