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this is silly. to quote richard feynman, what do you care what other people think?

• gruseom 18y ago
  You think humans aren't affected by this kind of thing? Are you aware of the myriads of data showing that we are? Even the people who think they aren't. Probably especially the people who think they aren't. Which is basically everybody.
  • xenophanes 18y ago
    I accept that most people (including most people who deny it) care deeply what other people think (in many but not all areas). Many people care so much about it that they will sooner hurt their children than do something in public that they think their neighbors disapprove of. A few bright lights such as Feynman care what other people think only in a more limited fashion. But so what? People can and should try to better themselves. Consider a person who is pursuing the honorable goal of caring less about what other people. I think he would not want to participate in your public humiliation plan; it would harm his progress. PS I also don't like to see people humiliated. I think being sensitive to suffering, and not embracing plans to cause it, is a good trait too.
    • gruseom 18y ago
      your public humiliation plan don't like to see people humiliated I hope your namesake had more of a sense of humor than this, or I'm going to have to lower my opinion of the pre-Socratics.
      • xenophanes 18y ago
        Your plan relies on the fact that people would find the "public humiliation" unpleasant. Whatever you want to call it (I just repeated your words), being unpleasant is an integral part of it.