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Why the religious mindset can be so dangerous

yes, humans work in patterns

So given the choice between living today, with modern medicine, heating/air conditioning, modern agriculture mitigating famine/droughts, the industrial revolution and the wealth it created, modern systems of government, etc... or in the stone age, it wouldn't matter to you because it's all the same? Or maybe you think it would have been even better if we had preserved those original good old days because we progressed out of a system that was already working well?
 
So given the choice between living today, with modern medicine, heating/air conditioning, modern agriculture mitigating famine/droughts, the industrial revolution and the wealth it created, modern systems of government, etc... or in the stone age, it wouldn't matter to you because it's all the same? Or maybe you think it would have been even better if we had preserved those original good old days because we progressed out of a system that was already working well?
not like that, empires and pwerful nations fall and go in the same patterns, technology increases at a rapid rate then before
 
not like that, empires and pwerful nations fall and go in the same patterns, technology increases at a rapid rate then before

There have been lots of changes in human societies over time, especially over the last 4 centuries or so: the Renaissance, the scientific revolution, the rise of modern medicine, the industrial revolution, modern agricultural sciences and technologies, the European enlightenment, the expansion of women’s rights and suffrage, the expansion of literacy and public education, the elimination of slavery as a near-universal feature of human societies, the rise of democracy, modern economic systems, etc, etc...

All revolutionary changes. Do you think these should be eliminated to conserve what we had before?
 
There have been lots of changes in human societies over time, especially over the last 4 centuries or so: the Renaissance, the scientific revolution, the rise of modern medicine, the industrial revolution, modern agricultural sciences and technologies, the European enlightenment, the expansion of women’s rights and suffrage, the expansion of literacy and public education, the elimination of slavery as a near-universal feature of human societies, the rise of democracy, modern economic systems, etc, etc...

All revolutionary changes. Do you think these should be eliminated to conserve what we had before?
And in the name of progress, we are destroying our own home, thus destroying ourselves...
 
And in the name of progress, we are destroying our own home, thus destroying ourselves...

How are we destroying our own home? Are you talking about climate change? Because the answer to that is not to get rid of modern technology.
 
How are we destroying our own home? Are you talking about climate change? Because the answer to that is not to get rid of modern technology.
Ok, get rid of about half of earth's population then...
 
Really? At the expense of who?

Us as taxpayers- the same folks who are funding cancer research and things like the Human Genome Project. It seems a little easier than wiping out half the population of the planet including ourselves and our own kids, don't you think?
 
Us as taxpayers- the same folks who are funding cancer research and things like the Human Genome Project. It seems a little easier than wiping out half the population of the planet including ourselves and our own kids, don't you think?
Easier said than done...many people's livelihoods depend on the technology we live by now...
 
Easier said than done...many people's livelihoods depend on the technology we live by now...

Technology is always changing. That destroy some old jobs, and creates new ones. The same concern holds true of computers, cars, planes, etc.... Did you know that most planes of the future may not even need a pilot?

The answer is to have a culture where people are always ready to learn new things- a culture of life-long education. That's how the rest of the world is advancing. If we don't, we live become some backwater third world country. Clinging blindly to the past in the name of "conserving" is no longer an option.
 
Technology is always changing. That destroy some old jobs, and creates new ones. The same concern holds true of computers, cars, planes, etc.... Did you know that most planes of the future may not even need a pilot?

The answer is to have a culture where people are always ready to learn new things- a culture of life-long education. That's how the rest of the world is advancing. If we don't, we live become some backwater third world country. Clinging blindly to the past in the name of "conserving" is no longer an option.
Or a magic wand...
 
Or a magic wand...

All other developed/developing nations are doing it: investing huge sums into education and training of their populations. The return on investment has been huge.

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Are you saying we Americans are more stupid, lazy, or uneducable than they are?

What's your solution?
 
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