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I always hate that quote. Much of the misery and suffering in the world also comes from the unreasonable man. Every tyrant is trying to adapt the world to himse
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
I always hate that quote. Much of the misery and suffering in the world also comes from the unreasonable man. Every tyrant is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every stalker is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every poacher is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every vandal is trying to adapt the world to himself. Many a murderer is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every person demanding Ivermectin to treat Covid is trying to adapt the world to himself. Trump spread the lies about the 2020 election trying to adapt the world to himself.
In addition, the reasonable man is also adapting the world to himself. Every time you turn on the air conditioning or heat, you are adapting the world to yourself.
Every human is trying at some level to adapt the world to himself while also recognizing that some things are easier to change than others.
In addition, many of our greatest advances came from people who knew how the world worked and carefully pushed change along 1 dimension. Every scientist with a ground breaking discovery appreciates the fundamental laws of nature and works within those constraints. The quacks forever making perpetual motion machines are trying to adapt the world to themselves without realizing the constraints.