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To: koan who wrote (497711)	8/28/2022 11:02:40 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542093

Logic and intuition can be at severe odds. We live in a time where many more people actively participate in defining the kind of world we have. It's egalitarian but ... there is clearly a loss of direction when millions vote on policy rather than for public-spirited philosopher politicians who are supposed to create this policy using expert opinion within a sound moral framework. Religious affiliation does not does not equate to having morals or moral opinions. It can but not necessarily so. Elroy Jetson has the same observations I do. My children will ask questions they should be able to answer themselves with a minute on Google. Breadth in knowledge happens because there is a drive to do this every day. There appears to be few dopamine rewards for finding things out that are tangential to one's immediate life and interests. But that was always the case - I assumed it was parenting but I didn't get what I modeled. Most of the kids as I grew up I met were not budding philosophers or scientists in spirit. My own are amongst them.