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Not fair competition when indoctrination is given a headstart. There is a difference between being allowed to learn this stuff and being indoctrinated since the
by rimliu 10y ago
Not fair competition when indoctrination is given a headstart.
There is a difference between being allowed to learn this stuff and being indoctrinated since the days you are not even able to read.
- khedoros1 10y agoSo, should children be given to the care of the state at the earliest possible age? Or you'd rather have mass prosecution and re-education to stamp out beliefs that you dislike? In the long run, maladaptive beliefs will die out and useful ones will survive, head start or no.
- cyborgx7 10y agoI don't understand. I'm not advocating for the state to stamp out beliefs I disagree with. But the believes that should win out and survive should be the correct ones, not the useful ones.
- khedoros1 10y agoThe person that I replied to seemed to be saying that certain beliefs should be disallowed, and that's what I was responding to. As to what should win out: Truth is a fine ideal to work towards, but one should never expect that it's what will actually win. "Should" is like "deserves". They're nice to think about, but not always realistic.
- ooqr 10y agoYou're digging up a philosophical morass, though. Please prove that you weren't indoctrinated. In general, it's not possible if you're assuming the possibility that people can be brainwashed to the degree of rejecting reason.