> I believe what the world needs now is philosophy. That and arsonists. Sheesh, most of our troubles come from applied philosophy - ideas translated into memes

> I believe what the world needs now is philosophy. That and arsonists. Sheesh, most of our troubles come from applied philosophy - ideas translated into memes that went viral, such as salvation, enlightenment, communism, environmentalism, etc. That's where you get really large scale disturbances of the mob. Otherwise people would be chewing the cud peacefully, give or take a few bashings of the nearest tribe.