> I'm not afraid of people challenging mainstream opinions (this is Plan9,
> isn't it? :-D), I'm afraid of people doubting about evident facts or simply
> ignoring them: climatic changes? unsustainable distribution of wealth?
> parents negating their kids misbehavior? inadequate legal systems for the
> current world? and so on...
Let me remind you that this latter aspect of human behaviour has been
around a lot longer than the scientific method and the latter has had
considerably more impact in any real sense. That's the thing, you
see: as humans we can learn beyond and contrary to our instincts.
It's when we allow our instincts to take over from our "civilisation"
that things fall apart (I share your political past and, likely,
personal experience closer to the period after the World War II).
This "civilisation" (or "civilising principle") can make all the
difference. Politicians and their fellow exploiters try to manipulate
the "middle class", but in the burgeoisie resides the conscience
("social knowledge and awareness") of our humanity. At either end is
"meat eat meat" and eventual, inevitable self-destruction.
Lucio.
