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<csp1b.5085$Y5.1413@nntpserver.swip.net> xifer DeleteThis @rastanet.org
"Xifer" wrote:

> Charles Francis wrote:
> >
> > No, I think there really are human virtues, things like compassion, and
> > the desire for truth, possessed by at least the majority as innate
> > qualities, and not simply trained into us as social mores.
>
> Perhaps inbuilt by evolution? Compassion may not be a virtue
> but a social mechanism. A real understanding of how the world
> is (truth) is essential for survival.

No.

All you need is a slightly better model of the world than any immediate
competitor.

It doesn't matter whether Galileo, Newton, or Einstein are mre right
than you are about falling objects. What matters about falling is the
sudden stop at the end. If you know to avoid that, you know all you
need to.

Unfortunately, the modern world is so complicated that few people can
even guess what they might need to know.

At least the cat know who puts the food on her plate.


--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"History shows that the Singularity started when Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."

David G. Bell wrote:
> On Friday, in article
> <csp1b.5085$Y5.1413@nntpserver.swip.net> xifer RemoveThis @rastanet.org
> "Xifer" wrote:
>
>
>>Charles Francis wrote:
>>
>>>No, I think there really are human virtues, things like compassion, and
>>>the desire for truth, possessed by at least the majority as innate
>>>qualities, and not simply trained into us as social mores.
>>
>>Perhaps inbuilt by evolution? Compassion may not be a virtue
>>but a social mechanism. A real understanding of how the world
>>is (truth) is essential for survival.
>
>
> No.
>

No to what?

> All you need is a slightly better model of the world than any immediate
> competitor.

More accurate truth...