Brian37, I think you have a difficult time accepting that there are people who's brains are wired very differently than yours. The fact that there are people who vote for world leaders based on who they think has the most attractive hair style is very unfortunate but I don't know how much it has to do with education. People like you and I and probably most of us on this message board place a high premium on science, logic and rationality. Unfortunately, there are many people who simply don't value those things so much. I don't know that you can change them through education. To some degree, maybe.
I think we need to accept that people like us don't own the world. We share it with people who seem irrational to us. The challenge is selling our viewpoint to all the people sitting on the fence who are listening to us and to the other side. I don't think your approach is very useful because it will sound shrill and hysterical to a neutral party. I think a level headed and pragmatic approach is better that OMFG - WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE IDIOTS!!!?
I think we need to accept that people like us don't own the world. We share it with people who seem irrational to us. The challenge is selling our viewpoint to all the people sitting on the fence who are listening to us and to the other side. I don't think your approach is very useful because it will sound shrill and hysterical to a neutral party. I think a level headed and pragmatic approach is better that OMFG - WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE IDIOTS!!!?
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
