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Not that I don't take the point, but presumably if mankind were in an endless decline into intellectual laziness, then each of the writers in that XKCD comic wo
by zelos 9y ago
Not that I don't take the point, but presumably if mankind were in an endless decline into intellectual laziness, then each of the writers in that XKCD comic would be correct: they'd each be sampling a different segment of the same downward slope.
- CodeCube 9y agoI'm torn between wanting to agree with you ("Idiocracy is a documentary!", et al), and the cognitive dissonance of the greater and greater scientific and technological achievements we continue to create. Maybe there's an analogue at work here; like financial/wealth inequality, but for intellect (that feels incredibly elitist to 'verbalize').
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- watwut 9y agoOn average, we are much better educated then in 1871 and spend waaay more time learning. So I doubt we are in that endless decline into itellectual laziness.