Researchers have said all sorts of things through out time like whites being smarter than blacks, men being smarter than women, & people believe them. Now popular opinion say women are smarter or more mature or more caring, etc, than men. People simply believe this as some sort of fact the same way the majority believed that whites were smarter than blacks. Some people today even believe that gays are smarter or better than straights, & say their information is valid because research says so.
But just because research says so & written somewhere in a book doesn't mean it's true or even close to it. That should be obvious when looking at how many times research & popular opinion changes from one thing to another. Your actual, personal life experience with these issues tells the actual truth, & you can't see the truth unless you experience it without jaded filters.
Are human beings prone to false knowledge because it's still a simple babies race that claims to be sophisticated?
2006-10-08 05:12:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The human race in the intelligence department lets me down all the time. Even when I turn on the news to watch 20/20 or something, I usually hear more unbelievable stupidity. I'm getting tired of humanity.
2006-10-08 05:14:27 · update #1
tekn33k - You know what you experience is true & untainted by questioning yourself with every experience. Most people are too afraid to do that, and thus believe anything that makes them feel comfortable. Here's how to make sure what you experience is untainted:
I call it, looking at 4 sides to a story. You look at the first-hand experience, fully understand & except that possibility of truth. You then look at the opposite of that truth & fully understand & except that possibility. You then look at yourself seperate of those & why you think what you experienced is truth. THEN there's the actual truth which is a bit easier to see after fully being opened minded to the first three.
Sometimes that 4th idea will prove one of the first three perpectives to be right. You might have been right from the beginning, but this gives you a bigger understanding of the situation.
But most people just believe the first thing that comes to mind because it's easy...& somewhat immature.
2006-10-08 05:44:04 · update #2
Advisor - Yeah, in fact I won't even eat because of this (sarcasm)
2006-10-10 07:54:39 · update #3
Yes, humans believe anything. Approximately 90% of the human population depend on movies or so-called educated researchers to create an opinion about a race, group or thing. And the remaining 10% actually read and search for the TRUTH.
Humans are indeed babies and no superior being from another planet or galaxy would not have anything to do with this planet, much less it's ignorant group of animals called man who has not figured out how to get along, yet try to play God.
2006-10-08 17:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Poppa 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Baby race? Compared to who?
You're right, you can't tell the truth without experiencing it without jaded filters. But how would you ever know whether or not the situation you were experiencing was an accurate representation of the act. In fact, how would you ever know your view was untainted. Becuase you used your own intuition? Maybe that's tainted too.
False knowledge is all around us, and we're forced to take it in and filter it, like information plankton. We then make our own decisions based on what we perceieve to be right or wrong. Some people lean towards science for answers, some lean towards religion, some to other sources. But it has to come from somewhere. We're not all geniuses and we can't discover everything by ourselves. This is the key to human achievement, the constant transfer of information. It's the reason we are possessed of such a lenghty lifespan (so that we can impart to future generations) Of course people get things wrong, but most of the time these are instantly dismissed from the source. Think of all the things that research has gotten right!
2006-10-08 05:22:28 · answer #2 · answered by tekn33k 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-29 06:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. We're still babies. Which is why aliens haven't even bothered to make contact yet.
2006-10-08 05:22:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We were all created equal unfortunately the world doesn't see it that way. We all have our own minds, thoughts and beliefs. I don't let the media influence my true beliefs and feelings.
2006-10-08 05:29:29 · answer #5 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Very true.
2006-10-08 05:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually blacks or for more intelligent than whites,black taught whites every thing they know except hatred for one another
2006-10-08 05:36:34 · answer #7 · answered by Me 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
do you lose sleep over this?
2006-10-10 03:17:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋