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Comment on: Re: Who are we?

Bigthink — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:03:15 +0100

"HOPE WILL ALWAYS TAKE US FARTHER THAN FEAR"
Ernst Junger

Comment on: Re: Who are we?

Bigthink — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:13:06 +0100

Well I semi-agree with Christi, that we cannot be fully judge on our collective past. But I do think it gives us a pretty good picture of who we are. Although I agree with the adapting part. It is truly ironic that although we are so advanced and have came so far, we have left out huge problems that trouble us today. Stubbornness is stupidness in a sort of way that to be not stupid, you cannot be stubborn. I think now we have grown so much that we can finally attack the most obvious principles that plague us today.

Comment on: Re: Who are we?

Bigthink — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:57:28 +0100

I don't believe that who we have been historically, defines who we are essentially.

As, the nature of life is much about adaptation, change, and constant evolution so it is the humans can continue to take in information from the environment and change and adapt and grow into new motives, ways of being, understanding, interacting, etc.. even collectively.

Personally, I don't see our greater folly as "stupidity" as it is stubborness - being too stubborn to take in the facts, see more clearly, extend our understanding of "self-interest" and allow ourselves to change and respond - as I assert is more our true nature.

Comment on: Re: Who are we?

Bigthink — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:19:45 +0100

Pertaining to the inability of people to make decisions based on sound probability, perhaps the good Professor should read "Gut Feelings, The Intelligence of the Unconscious" by Gerd Gigerenzer.

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Bigthink — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:56:19 +0100

Spot on. Dr. Ferguson is a smart man.

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Bigthink — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:23:52 +0100

Stupidity defined as inefficient calculations of self-interest - it explains so much. This from an economist?!

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Bigthink — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:34:02 +0100

I guess selfishness is a form of stupidity%u2026 and an evolutionary necessity.

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Bigthink — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:40:11 +0100

I suppose greed leads to stupidity.

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Bigthink — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:24:39 +0100

A funny take on a complex issue.