An anthropological dilemma repeated here at DU:

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19. Very fascinating

and definitely an influence. The distinctions and studies done are very remarkable.

I am curious about a sub-group of society that rejects intellectualism kinda the same way The Church rejected empirical science for ages. And how they will develop over the next 50, 100, 1000 years. Can people literally de-evolve over the centuries without any kind of stimulation to the brain that promotes complex concrete and/or abstract ideas?

What is it like to live in a society that promotes lies over the truth, constantly? A constructive society verses a destructive society. What happens to them over an extended period of time with little to no formal education.

It should be kind of a worry to all of us that a huge group of people reject science and are 'proud to be stupid' and show it off whenever they can.

Case in point - a teabagger bringing his semi-automatic weapon to a public speech by President Obama...'in protest' of something that will never happen (govt takes away all our guns). Dangerous and stupid and armed...very worrisome and everytime I heard that on TV I would cringe a little bit.

Do you remember when all those liberals showed up armed at a George Bush rally? Me either...cause it never happened and never would.

We are very different creatures imo.