the undervalued and unappreciated philosophers, critical thinkers and logic officers that study reason and logic but who do not have a place in society. — Myttenar
Those who have the skills and mental training to solve complex problems are never even consulted in times of crisis. — Myttenar
In allowing this, as members of the society with intelligence quotients in the top percentiles of the population, we are allowing those without the critical thinking training, those with closed minds and prejudiced attitudes to make decisions that any society other than ours would designate to those of great knowledge. — Myttenar
That reminds me of that adage about for evil men rule the world if good men do nothing. — Myttenar
You do have a good point, though I shudder at the gross over generalization of the populace, especially since I can't disagree.
However, if that is the case, then why do the critical thinkers have more influence and prestige if the rest of society is full of "suckers"
Of course, one has to wonder about the hoi polloi at times. But then, one has to wonder about the corps d'elite too, quite often. The latter are capable of doing so much more damage. — Bitter Crank
The arrogance of this post and most of the responses is a bit mind-boggling
[The contempt shown for the benighted hoi polloi is staggering. — T Clark
The whole thing is laughable.
Exhibit A. Everyone else is either a ruler or a sucker.
You forgot rule by idea — Myttenar
There was no appeal to emotion. It was appeal to what ought to be common values. The fact you don't recognize that is telling.1. Opening with an attack is a nice touch but an appeal to emotion... — Myttenar
2. My point is that given the critical thinking skills of the philosophers and trained critical thinkers is a grossly untapped resource and I apologize for misrepresenting if that was the way it was taken.
As a logistician we try to make our deductions with the information available and understand that we are don't actually know anything but can use logical process in areas that truths are provided by those in those fields.. — Myttenar
This skill alone shows management skill... — Myttenar
And everyone is a victim of their own perspective, our society thinks it is right just as much as Hitler thought he was. I don't really wanna compare to see who had more evidence to support their belief.. — Myttenar
Psychologically speaking, The attacks made indicate a repressed internal problem being expressed subconsciously.. — Myttenar
Philosophically speaking any attack is an appeal to emotion and become little more than a distraction an adds no value to the conversation.. — Myttenar
Mr. Putin, your statements are invalid. Kim Jong-un, your statements are invalid. President Trump, your ideas are invalid. That'll show em.Your statements are invalid. — Myttenar
— Myttenar
Plato proposed a society governed by philosophers, but of course the problem would be, how does one get from here to there? — Michael Ossipoff
There is no refutation in your statements so I won't point out the fallacies. — Myttenar
I like your view on this subject. But, I honestly think Darwin had it backwards. In this world, the idiots survive, the idiots prosper, and the idiots make decisions for the intelligent.
Now, whether or not the intelligent are the "fittest" or the "weakest" is up for debate — Aurora
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