VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat is something that only exists because people are stupid?message-squaremessage-square204fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down15
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that only exists because people are stupid?VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square204fedilink
minus-squarecally [he/they]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·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-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoYou are confusing knowledge and intelligence
minus-squareAnatares@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe scientific method is specifically a tool designed to combat human intellectual shortcomings.
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·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-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 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.