@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 1 month agoWhat is something that only exists because people are stupid?message-square188fedilinkarrow-up1144
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minus-squarecally [he/they]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 month agoScience. If we weren’t stupid we would already know everything and wouldn’t have to study it. edit: that was a joke, sorry if I didn’t make it clear.
minus-square@Anatareslink3•1 month agoThe scientific method is specifically a tool designed to combat human intellectual shortcomings.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoShortcomings for some purposes. “They’re different and weak let’s kill then all” is a tried and true method of genetic propagation
minus-squareCavemanlinkfedilink3•1 month agoHard disagree. We have the scientific method to able to approach the unknown and slowly decipher it in a way that consistently gets us closer to the truth because we’re at least smart-ish as a human race.
Science. If we weren’t stupid we would already know everything and wouldn’t have to study it.
edit: that was a joke, sorry if I didn’t make it clear.
You are confusing knowledge and intelligence
The scientific method is specifically a tool designed to combat human intellectual shortcomings.
Shortcomings for some purposes. “They’re different and weak let’s kill then all” is a tried and true method of genetic propagation
Hard disagree. We have the scientific method to able to approach the unknown and slowly decipher it in a way that consistently gets us closer to the truth because we’re at least smart-ish as a human race.