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Post by sd51555 on Jul 1, 2020 10:38:24 GMT -6
Anyone wonder if the human race has hit a point where we've become resistant to thinking? This is in regards to no particular subject.
I've started to notice more and more bizarre cases where someone is presented with irrefutable evidence of something, and it is met with an absolute wall to consider it may be true, or at least what they believed isn't. I can see that look, where you know you got a direct hit on their battleship. You see that mental bog-down like you hit a baseball glove with the lawn mower, then the wall kicks in and saves it.
(this is not a flat earth thing either. I've got more work to do on that)
Just something I wonder about when I run into it.
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Post by Freeborn on Jul 1, 2020 10:51:18 GMT -6
^ Much of what I see is a dumbing down of society. People can't think critically anymore and are to lazy to do the real work to figure anything out. Lots of sheep following the latest sound-bite these days. My guess is much of this a reflection of where families are, affects of government intervention into society and the lack of historical events that would teach people life's lessons.
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Post by Satchmo on Jul 1, 2020 11:13:10 GMT -6
I have no problem with my own thinking process. The issue comes when I let some of those thoughts slip out of my mouth or on to my keyboard.
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Post by Catscratch on Jul 1, 2020 11:39:45 GMT -6
I call it "instant internet affirmation". If I want to prove Trump is a great president... go to the internet. If I want to prove Trump is a horrible president... go to the internet. There is information at your fingertips that prove you right no matter what. Someone sinks your battleship with a statement, just stall until you can walk away and find something that proves you right.
Societal loss of debate = Social media and lots of time to research before responding.
Loss of mechanical skills = Sealed throw away appliances and electronic controlled devices that require no diagnostic thinking skills, just a scanner that tells you whats wrong.
Loss of achievement = Everyone gets a medal for being there. Winners shouldn't boast.
I could go on. I think we still have thinkers as the human mind just doesn't stop, but as an old guy I don't relate to some of the newer thought processes well. Kids are smart, they just are different.
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Post by kooch on Jul 1, 2020 15:13:21 GMT -6
Does this have something to do with those Flat Earth texts you've been sending me?
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 1, 2020 17:09:25 GMT -6
Does this have something to do with those Flat Earth texts you've been sending me? I specifically mentioned that FE is not part of this thread. That's isn't ready for prime time yet. I gotta finish reading that microbe book to the cat so he can connect the dots on bacteria to fungus ratios and their impact on the efficiency of plant chlorophyll accumulation and organic matter growth rates. |
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Post by kooch on Jul 2, 2020 7:53:49 GMT -6
Oh. I only read the first sentence. Reading is fundamental I guess.
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Post by Catscratch on Jul 2, 2020 8:16:33 GMT -6
Oh. I only read the first sentence. Reading is fundamental I guess. Lol. |
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Post by wiscwhip on Jul 2, 2020 18:25:51 GMT -6
Thought resistance...nay...what we have here...is...a...lack of basic common sense. Any jackhole can have a thought. It's when a person who has a thought is so stuck on their thought being the only though on said subject, that common sense flies out the window. The more this happens to them, the more common sense they lose until eventually they are so far gone they refuse to believe anything accept what is in there own mind, regardless of what evidence is put before them.
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