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Maybe I'm more optimistic. Is it our animal nature? Or is it that science is hard, and most people don't have enough formal education in the relevant subjects t
by vehemenz 2y ago
Maybe I'm more optimistic. Is it our animal nature? Or is it that science is hard, and most people don't have enough formal education in the relevant subjects to know they're out of their depth, let alone to understand these things.
- cruffle_duffle 2y ago[flagged]
- schmidtleonard 2y agoRight back at you.
- throwway120385 2y agoEspecially in the first couple of nursing home outbreaks where the entire patient populace died within a few weeks.
- binoct 2y agoI don’t take issue with the point of your last sentence, but rather the framing that “animal” is somehow a negative thing. Humans are animals, there’s no separate animal nature. We are animals, full stop. The scientific method is a skill we have developed to be more objective about complicated phenomena. Depth of knowledge and education certainly help an individual reason more carefully about cause and effect in various domains, but scientists and other highly educated people share the same set of biological behaviors as everyone else.
- WalterBright 2y agoWhat separates men from animals is men have honor.
- bregma 2y agoSome men have honor. FTFY
- WalterBright 2y agoThose without honor are intelligent animals, but not men. Each of us makes that choice for ourselves.
- anothertroll123 2y ago[dead]
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoI'd nuance that argument a bit; we know of the concept of honor and can distinguish between "honorable" and "dishonorable" behaviour, and / or the definition thereof depending on culture, whereas animals only have instinct. But then again, smarter animals do know right from wrong, or honor, if you will. But this is a philosophical subject, which I'm not educated in.