Why Don't We Know More? A New Year's Resolution for Humanity

My thoughts on where we are, were we should be, and where we're going

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• religion
• skeptic
• history

[vspqbd]

Add in the effects of statism since its birth (between 5000 and 7500 years ago), and we've probably been held back for at least 6000 years, not the 1200 estimated in this video.

[shanedk]

@vspqbd Of course, statism and religion were inextricably linked. I don't know of any secular states before the Enlightenment.

[ironman197268]

How do you explain all the order and complexity that we can observe in the universe?

[shanedk]

@ironman197268 Easily, when you know what physical laws led to it.

[TheHomelessCripple]

Thanks Christianity for fucking up human progression on an epic scale, all for the selfish reason of having your ghost being able to party with your imaginary friend in the sky for eternity.

[supahsekzy]

Yes, it is in my head, as well as on youtube

[MrrGrave]

Awesome vid!

But I'd like to state that the religious harm is caused by the Maccabees, who ultimately disabled the Hellenization of the Jews. If they hadn't succeeded (and they were almost to be crushed) there wouldn't even be Christianity nor Islam and Judaism would be gone as well.

[deathman1021]

@coolhaztech yes i know what light pollution is, im just being a smartass, cause a previous person said the sky would be black if the industrial revolution started sooner, in no way recognizing that it would not have ended the same way it did if it had started sooner and just assuming it would have gone the entire time and history would otherwise be unchanged, so i was being a smartass i know why there is not many stars to see at night in a city

[coolhaztech]

@deathman1021 Ever heard of a thing called light pollution? It over powers the stars no matter what sort of smog there is.

[jaymthegenius]

(cont.) a parallel could also be drawn with morality.

[jaymthegenius]

A major problem is how the bullshit is deeply entrenched into western society. Jesus and Mohammed respectively may have been great moral teachers for their day, and people should model themselves after their heroes in their hobbies, morality, professions, etc., but because of precedent most today have surpassed them. Did Jesus know of utilitarian ethics or Kant's categorical imperative? Emulating Paul Morphy is Chess is a bad idea because of the advancements made since then in chess, and...

[grundgemonster]

religion is humanity's ball-and-chain