brennakimi writes:
these are the insane ravings brought on by the new batch of little kids who think they suddenly have all kinds of new ideas and can disprove all science EVAR and do not constitute any actual threat of harm.
Can you blame him, though? I grew up especially intellectually deprived. When I was about 16 or so, I had this crazy idea that noone else in the world had ever thought of. I had this idea that perhaps I should start questioning what other people say rather than just believing everything that seemed to support my preconceived ideas. So, really, I was the first person to have invented skepticism, not the ancient philosophers.
Now, imagine what I would have become if nobody kicked my butt. I would have been through life thinking I invented skepticism.
This kid is obviously brighter than your average 15 year olds, considering how many college papers I have graded that were little better than human feces. But for now, noone has ever demonstrated to him that he's not the smartest person in the world and that he doesn't know everything. It seems like he's surrounded by "yes" people.
Edited by Tazmanian Devil, : No reason given.
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