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> תנו רבנן: שתי שנים ומחצה נחלקו בית שמאי ובית הלל, הללו אומרים: נוח לו לאדם שלא נברא יותר משנברא, והללו אומרים: נוח לו לאדם שנברא יותר משלא נברא. נמנו וגמרו: נוח לו לאדם שלא נברא יותר משנברא, עכשיו שנברא - יפשפש במעשיו. ואמרי לה: ימשמש במעשיו
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> For two and a half years, Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel disagreed. These say: It would have been preferable had man not been created than to have been created. And those said: It is preferable for man to have been created than had he not been created. Ultimately, **they were counted and concluded: It would have been preferable had man not been created than to have been created**. ([Eruvin 13b](https://www.sefaria.org.il/Eruvin.13b.14?vhe=William_Davidson_Edition_-_Aramaic&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en))
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THis sounds like a harsh and ungrateful statement, certainly contradicting one of the basic principles that G-d created the world to make *good* to the creations.

So how did they arrive to this, seemingly heretical, conclusion?