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To: Lane3 who wrote (5833)11/27/2005 11:00:21 AM
From: epicure  Respond to of 543200
 
You might as well say it's not very smart to be human. Most people don't want to know how they work, or why they do what they do- that's why the irrational is so popular in every culture. That's why people turn their lives over to whatever mythological being is in vogue in their culture. Smartness has very little to do with being human (if by "smart" we mean "wise").



To: Lane3 who wrote (5833)11/27/2005 11:04:18 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 543200
 
Have you read the Terry Pratchett novels of the Discworld? No one, imo, sees humanity with a more jaundiced (well, maybe I I I do) and yet humorous eye. If you haven't read one, you might try one. Hogfather sends up religion. The Truth sends up investigative journalism (among many other things. Pratchett novels are complicated, and tend to satirize the entire human condition, no matter what the more specific target is). He's British, of course.


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