That asumption is used in an effort to motivate people to disprove it. (Oh, and dentists would like to find themselves out of a job... :)
On 1 November 2013 06:30, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2013/10/31 meekerdb <[email protected]> > >> On 10/31/2013 3:55 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >>> I believe there's an important aspect of this type of discussion that >>> is rarely considered. This sort of thing takes almost a religious tone >>> where we are supposed to feel guilty. I'm very suspicious of this sort >>> of thing. I was indoctrinated by catholic sunday school to feel guilty >>> about things that I didn't even yet understand. This type of discourse >>> has a similar smell. >>> >> >> I agree with that. But just because we aren't guilty, doesn't mean we >> can't do anything to redress the problem. > > > Well if everytime this type of discussion begins with "the world is fucked > !"... then for all who truly genuinely believe it... it's absurd to do > something, if the world is fucked, it is fucked... if we can do something > about it, it's not fucked, so it is absurd to start with that assumption. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
