Re: Suffering fools
Originally Posted by
The Artful Todger
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There is no god other than the imaginary thing created by primitive man as a placeholder for what he couldn't explain when faced with a thing he could not understand.
M
oreover I totally and absolutely disagree that knowledge is EVER foolishness even when knowing the truth about a thing proves to be unpleasant. It's always best to know no matter what it is.
I agree. Knowledge is never foolish. Having it about anything is never foolish. It does not weigh anything. And in most cases it doesn't cost anything. All you have to do is stay awake, listen and observe. My main point here is that people sometimes develop a habit of seeing everybody who doesn't agree with them, behave like them, Do what they would do or of having different political, social or spiritual views as "fools" and "morons". I have done reasonably well in life by adhering to the principle that I can learn something from everybody I meet. I believe people are good, bad, apathetic, power hungry, manipulative, altruistic blah blah blah. I believe some are saints and some are pure evil. But I think they are very seldom fools or morons. As far as IQ goes, most of us fall within one standard deviation from centre in the bell shaped curve.People with the view that everybody is stupid just indicate they have a closed mind and consequently miss out on a lot. JMO
Being able to criticise oneself however is entirely different. If I had a dollar for every time I've done things that I thought were foolish, I would be a very rich man.