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Your fundamental assumption is that bad ideas die. I'm not sure that is supported by the evidence. The converse of that is "If the idea persists, it's good". I
by wiredfool 6y ago
Your fundamental assumption is that bad ideas die. I'm not sure that is supported by the evidence.
The converse of that is "If the idea persists, it's good". I'm having a hard time seeing the evidence for that as well.
- mcguire 6y agoMaybe something akin to Gresham's law?
- username90 6y agoBad ideas die but it takes decades.
- paulmd 6y agoThey also tend to be resurrected once outside the immediate lifespan of people who lived through them. For example, "trickle-down economics" was once called "horse and sparrow theory" back when the idea was popular in the 1800s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics (where did "trickle down" come from anyway? Well, if you feed the horse enough oats, there will be some left for the sparrows. That's what's "trickling down".)
- wiredfool 6y agoYears to Centuries. Some die, some live on. Some come around again, like the unwelcome undead.