Misses the point rather. Knowledge is useful because it helps us make progress and get things done.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Yes but people always thought that. But I agree with you that what we both understand to be genuine knowledge actually does that!
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You said using your sense of reason, not cos of some deep evo-psych urge to appreciate mansplainers.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Yes, I agree with you. Of course I do. I just not as sure of the progressive thing as you where this is going to get more popular & better.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Good ideas tend to win out over the long run. Simply cos they work better.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
I don't think this is supported by the evidence. But there hasn't been time to test it yet. I hope you're right.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
The whole history of human progress is evidence of that proposition.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
No, it's not. Civilisations go backwards and forwards when it comes to reason & science. Greeks doing well, then bang, Christianity.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Huh. So you subscribe to a more cyclic type picture of human progress?
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Not enough time to predict a pattern. Except that reason seems to be a luxury afforded those who don't have to worry about existence.
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As soon as we're under threat, it goes out of the window and people get reactionary & superstitious and paranoid and weird.
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