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Said every doomsday prophet ever. No one ever comes back and says sorry we were wrong they just change to some other claptrap. Life is too short to listen to th
by happyscrappy 12y ago
Said every doomsday prophet ever. No one ever comes back and says sorry we were wrong they just change to some other claptrap. Life is too short to listen to these people.
- kjs3 12y agoThe best part of predicting the end of the world is that if you do it long enough and shamelessly enough, one day you'll get to be right.
- gress 12y agoYou do realize that this attitude will lead to ignoring the one time when there is real danger. Is that what you want?
- happyscrappy 12y agoI am a wild and crazy guy, I will take the chance that bloviating windbags are full of it.
- meric 12y agoIn fact, I've already said brc might be right and decided to change to some other claptrap.[1] No one ever comes back and says they're glad they convinced someone - they just switch targets and find new people to call doomsday prophets and bloviating windbags. Thank you for your prejudice and have a nice day. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9300899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9300899
- brc 12y agoFor the record I appreciated your comment but can't reply there. It shows a willingness to consider a position. I'm guessing you're probably young, and young people have a torrent of "the end of the world is nigh" thrown at them these days. It's tough to see above this and think optimistically. But the key to a calm mind is to think optimistically, tempered with rational 'what if' thinking, so if bad events do come to pass, it's not earth shattering.
- gress 12y agoHow do you account for the failure of past civilizations? What is different this time? I'm all for optimism, but optimism and ignoring problems are very different things.