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Maybe humans are just...unhappy? By that I mean as a race, we are inherently unstable (see: entire human history) and for a long time we kept it together by f
by FrankenPC 13y ago
Maybe humans are just...unhappy? By that I mean as a race, we are inherently unstable (see: entire human history) and for a long time we kept it together by forming very tight family and community bonds. We had central, realistic, and tangible goals. We had an invisible friend (religion). As science has systematically stripped all that away (for the better mind you...), nothing has filled those needs. We don't need more facebook and texting, we need human contact.
HAHAHA! Just kidding! Did you see the latest iPhone! It's got moar processors!
- guard-of-terra 13y agohttp://blog.wilshipley.com/2005/05/on-being-crazy.html http://blog.wilshipley.com/2005/05/on-being-crazy.html is a very insightful read on that subject, from a successful but unstable person. Is mankind only so smart because if we get any smarter, we cease to function correctly? Maybe it's just not evolutionarily advantageous to be smarter than we are; it makes us mopey, and we end up cutting our ears off when we're trying to woo girls, which rarely results in offspring.
- kirubakaran 13y agoDisproof : Richard Feynman
- gohrt 13y agoHow many offspring did Feynman have?
- kirubakaran 13y ago"Feynman would marry twice more and have two children with his third wife." http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Feynman.html http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Feynman.html Anyway, my point is, being smarter is not an excuse for "cutting one's ears off when trying to woo girls" (re:my parent comment) or for otherwise being socially dysfunctional.
- sliverstorm 13y agoDon't forget about the hedonic treadmill.