I can't complain about the time I was born in. If I was born a few thousand years ago, I might be worshipping the sun. If I was born 100 years ago, I might be worshipping jesus my whole life. The access to practically any information that you want is at your fingertips in a second. You can hear both sides of any story and make up your own mind. It was much more difficult to get that in the past, and still is in certain parts of the world.
I wish I was born a little later, so I wouldn't have to hear a bunch of jesus freaks wanting everyone to worship their god, or muslims killing people that don't agree with them, but we are at a dawn of an intellectual enlightenment, so it's wonderful and it can be entertaining to listen to some of these people that believe in these absurdities (but sad). Life is very interesting at least.
I wish I was born a little later, so I wouldn't have to hear a bunch of jesus freaks wanting everyone to worship their god, or muslims killing people that don't agree with them, but we are at a dawn of an intellectual enlightenment, so it's wonderful and it can be entertaining to listen to some of these people that believe in these absurdities (but sad). Life is very interesting at least.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
