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>Social Darwinism/"what is supposed to fall, you should push" I always wondered how one could misinterpret natural laws, that whatever you do you cannot not ob
by jffhn 6y ago
>Social Darwinism/"what is supposed to fall, you should push"
I always wondered how one could misinterpret natural laws, that whatever you do you cannot not obey, as human commandments, that you can obey or not.
Considering that Darwin findings would command us to ignore the weak (or that any knowledge could command anything, for that matter), is like considering that sending rockets into space would be an offense to the law of gravity, and that it would command us to spend our lives crawling on the ground like snakes.
(In the case of Nietzsche, maybe that's the "Will" subconsciously manipulating the puppet of consciousness, as a defense mechanism against the purposeless void reached by thinking through the irrationality of life).
- DrLindemann 6y agoIt is a (short term) self enforcing principle, that is the pitty. Like in other ideologies. Civilization should mitigate such effects. And in some cases suceeded. So progress might be possible and should be thought of. But not in changing people or the "nature" of people. There has been progress in history (also backfalls). We would not have warm houses or water supply or electricity if someone had not believed in making a better life.