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Watching people who can barely afford to eat play the lottery because they think they might actually win. Watching people who shouldn't be buying anything on c
by gnaritas 17y ago
Watching people who can barely afford to eat play the lottery because they think they might actually win.
Watching people who shouldn't be buying anything on credit judging the qualify of a loan by the monthly payment.
Watching people base their entire lives around a book written by a bunch of ignorant (by modern standards) pre-industrial men, and praying to the sky weekly to make their lives better.
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- edw519 17y agoWatching people who think they're so smart that they can sit in judgment of others without understanding them.
- gnaritas 17y agoI do understand them, I grew up among them.
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- yters 17y agoHow does industry make us smarter? And why judge people by "modern standards?" Doesn't that just beg the question?
- gnaritas 17y ago> How does industry make us smarter? Smarter is the wrong word, more knowledgeable would be more appropriate. Pre-industrial was just a way of calling them ignorant by our standards. I wasn't actually referring to industry so much as their lack of modern science. I really should have said bronze age or iron age men. > And why judge people by "modern standards?" Doesn't that just beg the question? Because they're modern people. They have access to vastly more information about the world than someone 2000 years ago did and to ignore all that is stupid. To base your life around the writing of bronze age hippies who probably didn't realize they were tripping on ergot and not actually talking to God is sad.
- yters 17y agoAgain, having loads of information doesn't necessarily imply it is relevant. We know loads more about chess now, does that make people smarter about life in general?