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In reply to the discussion: DU POLL: Are humans basically stupid? [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)65. Hey, you claimed we were "far"?
I'm just trying to figure out what the hell you mean by that.
Half way to collapse? Half way to figuring out how to feed billions of hungry mouths? Nowhere near happiness?
The very notion that we are progressing linearly, and regularly, along some path to a tangible goal may be a myth. It most certainly is if we cannot define what we even mean by "far".
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One of my friends has always called it a failed extraterrestrial experiment. With the
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#10
It is simply amazing - in my corporate life I was involved with change management,
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2013
#11
Paradigm management can be very difficult in the corporate environment. I was always
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#21
sometimes...and sometimes that group cooperates down exactly the wrong path!
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2013
#12
The US isn't a "homogenous (as in milk) group". Our folly is well documented, however. nt
Romulox
Jan 2013
#87
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have largely extended the policies of George W. and Condi
Romulox
Jan 2013
#98
You hit a key point I often think of ... that IMO too often the human species is way
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#18
Hmmm ... I agree with you! It is the system that often drives this ridiculous competitiveness. n/t
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#69
Astute!!! "... in becoming the top predator on earth ..." And IMO what also leds us to, so to say,
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#23
Well said! Take a look at #22. Increasing "N" does not mean a bunch of smarts! n/t
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#30
It's really really mind boggling when one thinks about it ... We are in a finite space. We are
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#25
Yep, there's a lot said in that short statement. Collectively, some civilizations have
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#36
Isn't that a little bit like asking if flies were stupid for not outsmarting fly swatters?
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2013
#53
Or are they smart for living a free fly's life despite the threat of the swatters?
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#55
Is a fly who ventures within range of a fly swatter "smart"? Or is that fly simply unlucky?
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2013
#57
Only in that we have the ability to convince ourselves that we're special,
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#51
Well, we DID manage to make it thru the Cold War without getting ourselves blown up......
AverageJoe90
Jan 2013
#68
People seem to always equate technological advancement to sociological advancement ...
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#75
Extremely well said ... and the advantaged really never feel the pain of those propping
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#83
Yep!!! Similar in some ways to many complaining congress is stupid but their guy is
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#77
Yep. People are eager to look down on others, but are oddly uncomfortable w/the implications
Posteritatis
Jan 2013
#108
We can do that, but first, at least IMO, we need to recognize that collectively, looking out
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#81
How will meaningful progress in that direction occur? Agree, willful stupidity is not the best
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#89
I believe it will happen when the methods for attaining the truth go viral.
napoleon_in_rags
Jan 2013
#114
Agree 1000%! I've often thought it would be great if there were some type of truth clearing
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#117
50% of Americans can not read at the 8th grade level, 43% do not read after hight school
1-Old-Man
Jan 2013
#104
That, sums it up quite well IMO. "Most people can't see past their own noses."
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#109
My Latin is from years ago, thank god for google. Yes, I agree very much. This is
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#118