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In reply to the discussion: Are you a Doomer™? [View all]OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)24. Perhaps I was unclear
(By my definition) a Doomer is so fascinated with the prospect of Doom that they react negatively to suggestions that Doom is not inevitable. (For a Doomer, Doom has become a fetish.)
Cassandra was not a Doomer.
Cassandra was a tortured Realist, trying desperately to avert the doom she foretold, despite knowing that it was impossible to do so.
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Actually I was suggesting that the Age of Enlightenment was a product of our evolution
OKIsItJustMe
Apr 2012
#36
Try a morality that's a little more complex and problematic than altruism.
GliderGuider
Apr 2012
#52
You claimed (upstream) “Morality is a learned trait that is passed on through teaching”
OKIsItJustMe
Apr 2012
#57
He managed drunk and disorderly Captain Americas and Mad Scientists essential to the war effort...
hunter
Apr 2012
#59
I'm an alarmist, though partially a doomer I still think something can be done.
joshcryer
Apr 2012
#40