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Pretty much yes: my points was that there are plenty of ideas that a rational individual would be convinced of, but that are basically unarguable logically to l
by mihaic 4y ago
Pretty much yes: my points was that there are plenty of ideas that a rational individual would be convinced of, but that are basically unarguable logically to large parts of the population.
The flat-earthers are an extreme example, but not unique in any way.
- tomjen3 4y agoThey are also 0.01 percent of the population. But you also seem to assume that different people would come to the same conclusion rationally, without taking into account different experinces, knowledge, ideas and priorities. And of course, you assume the ideas that YOU came up with are what that rational person would come up with. Which is the part that scares me. You have a perfect excuse that cannot be disproven: your ideas aren't bad, it is just that not enough people are rational enough to understand them. Another group that had similar ideas? Lenin and the gang. The total death toll is far too great to risk going down that route again.
- mihaic 4y agoYou say 0.01 percent, while I think that the majority of the population needs to have some basic values instilled from an early age, if only to achieve the minimum homogeneity of a stable society. And simply because an evil group uses a tool doesn't mean that tool is broken in itself, it just implies further consideration. For all their atrocities, Nazi Germany did some great engineering and also ran one of the most successful anti-smoking campaigns ever. I think we have too many differences of opinion to reconcile over internet comments, but thank you for the rebuttals.