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Perhaps. Not everyone can learn everything, and blaming the father for his shortcomings because he was apparently smart in other fields ("in a problem solving f
by WJW 5y ago
Perhaps. Not everyone can learn everything, and blaming the father for his shortcomings because he was apparently smart in other fields ("in a problem solving field") is just callous. Yes, the world would have been slightly better if he could have done it. But sometimes the world is not as great as we would like, and people inside it do not live up to our (or even their own) expectations. They deserve empathy, not to be called cowards in internet comments by people who never knew them.
- thebean11 5y agoWhere do you draw the line? It seems like any shortcoming can be traced back to some mix of nature or nurture, is it just universally unfair to expect things from other humans? Of course even flawed people deserve some level of empathy, but there's a difference between empathy and immunity from responsibility or criticism.