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Human stupidity is infinite, not our inventiveness. Einstein's words, not mine.

by TheLogothete 11y ago

striking 11y ago
So you accept oligarchial rule because you don't trust your fellow man? What a sad world you live in.
- TheLogothete 11y ago
  How did you come with this dichotomy?
dalke 11y ago
He probably didn't say that. As http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/ points out, the original saying was attributed to a "great astronomer", then followed by "To-day we know that this statement is not quite correct. Einstein has proved that the universe is limited." These later got merged. In any case, you are making a fallacious argument from authority. Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Appeal_to_non-authorities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Appeal... : > A common example of the fallacy is appealing to an authority in one subject to pontificate on another - for example citing Albert Einstein as an authority on religion when his expertise was in physics.
- TheLogothete 11y ago
  In fact, I don't care that Einstein told it. Or didn't. I quoted it because it sums my thesis pretty well. People are very, very stupid. You cannot count on them not being swayed by some pretty words and blowing the whole treaty out of the water with some misguided protests. Perhaps if you frequent HN, you don't know how stupid people are, because you only talk to the the smartest 10%.
  - RodericDay 11y ago
    Are you one of these "Dark Enlightenment" people who want to go back to unvarnished rule by an elite and stuff like that? People being stupid (short-sighted, narrow-minded, self-centered, ignorant) includes people in power. If you're not a fan of democracy, you should just say so rather than dance around it.
  - dalke 11y ago
    Do the smartest 10% cherry pick misquotations in order to defend their arguments via a logical fallacy?

Human stupidity is infinite, not our inventiveness. Einstein's words, not mine.

striking 11y ago

So you accept oligarchial rule because you don't trust your fellow man? What a sad world you live in.

TheLogothete 11y ago
How did you come with this dichotomy?

dalke 11y ago

He probably didn't say that. As http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/ points out, the original saying was attributed to a "great astronomer", then followed by "To-day we know that this statement is not quite correct. Einstein has proved that the universe is limited." These later got merged. In any case, you are making a fallacious argument from authority. Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Appeal_to_non-authorities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Appeal... : > A common example of the fallacy is appealing to an authority in one subject to pontificate on another - for example citing Albert Einstein as an authority on religion when his expertise was in physics.

TheLogothete 11y ago
In fact, I don't care that Einstein told it. Or didn't. I quoted it because it sums my thesis pretty well. People are very, very stupid. You cannot count on them not being swayed by some pretty words and blowing the whole treaty out of the water with some misguided protests. Perhaps if you frequent HN, you don't know how stupid people are, because you only talk to the the smartest 10%.
- RodericDay 11y ago
  Are you one of these "Dark Enlightenment" people who want to go back to unvarnished rule by an elite and stuff like that? People being stupid (short-sighted, narrow-minded, self-centered, ignorant) includes people in power. If you're not a fan of democracy, you should just say so rather than dance around it.
- dalke 11y ago
  Do the smartest 10% cherry pick misquotations in order to defend their arguments via a logical fallacy?