What philosophy best fits with this:
Humans have no way of predicting the future and have no connection to the future or the past. Therefore, when making a decision is it impossible to really know the complete future of the decision, and it is also impossible to completely understand all the history behind the decision.
So when making a decision, humans will not be able to make the absolute best decision. So humans are, by default, always going to make wrong decisions.
Can anyone tell me if there is a philosophy that addresses anything like this?
2007-02-12 09:54:44 · 6 answers · asked by Take it from Toby 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I'm not arguing this, just wondering if there is a philosophy that sort of fits this.
2007-02-12 10:04:35 · update #1
Moronic best fits it.
2007-02-12 09:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Humans can never predict the future, but our connection to the past is huge. It can still bring us pain or happiness or just a quick laugh. The past also determines who you are today and therefore will affect the answer you come to. The past is always part of us. AS far as never making the absolute decision, it is possible even if it is just an accident. But just because it's not the BEST decision, doesn't make it wrong, just not as right as it could be.
2007-02-12 18:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by no_name_70001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This isnt philosophy I dont think..its more like pessism.
We have connections with our past.. in that we study the history and dont try to repeat the same mistakes as our ancestors. We plan for the future but cant always predict it like the weather.
we will make wrong decisions in our lives, but not always. We can build a better car for the environment but will everyone drive it? We cant make accurate predictions of the future, but we have come pretty far in the last 10, 50, 100 years and it aint bad now.
2007-02-12 22:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by Sore wa himitsu desu! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there might be except you de-railed the train with false reasoning. HUmans may not always make the best decisions, but they may sometimes. And certainly that they will not always make the best is no basis at all to conclude that they always make the worst or wrong decisions. Also, though our "cone of light" of history only goes back so far, don't discredit it - we know that fire will burn paper and that taking this curve at 70 mph will result in a crash - those are valuable things to know. ANd we know a LOT about the factors in our environments, hence our decisions usually do not lead to us walking out in traffic on a daily basis. That we may not understand quantum physics or the other 8 dimensions doesn't mean we're blind and incapable of charting our course.
2007-02-12 17:59:47 · answer #4 · answered by All hat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds almost nihilistic to me. Just add a "... so therefore what's the point?" and there you go.
Although saying that humans will always make the wrong decision eliminates the factor of chance. Maybe the decision I pick just so happens to be the best decision, although I didn't know it would be at the time.
2007-02-12 17:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Matt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's the philosophy of determinism.
2007-02-12 18:18:50 · answer #6 · answered by Di 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋