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To: koan who wrote (315755)	10/29/2016 6:21:47 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) of 540688

It seems that you are talking about the evolution of societies - I'm not sure what "intellectual evolution" could be, since intellect is biological. It is undoubtedly true that we have more information available to us than ever before. Einstein knew much more about physics than Newton did. Our intellectual capacity, on average, has probably not changed significantly in tens of thousands of years, as Trump's level of support indicates. The central issue, as I see it, is that the availability of factual information is not the same as uptake of factual information. The evidence is everywhere that a large fraction of the population have little interest in facts (the truth, in other words). Reality is too complex, and many of the facts are downright scary (we are going to die!). Coupled with tribal identification, this situation leads to WW1, WW2 etc. Meanwhile some of the cleverest among us are devoting themselves to developing more and more powerful weapons of destruction. There is definite progress in that department, and of course in all areas of science and technology. But are societies becoming less war-like? I don't see it.

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