Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Andeddu
From : Dennisk
Date : Mon Aug 24 2020 22:11:00

-=> Andeddu wrote to Moondog <=-

 An>   Re: Re: Neuralink
 An>   By: Moondog to Andeddu on Fri Aug 21 2020 12:54 pm

 > Before fixing a problem, the root cause must be established.  Why do people
 > turn to crime?  Why do gangs exist?  Why do people blindly allow bad things
 > to happen in their neighborhoods? Why do these same people fear the police
 > showing up?  Why do people resort to violence?  Questions like these will
 > need to be answered first before we can consider making changes.
 >
 > I agree we'll never have world peace or eliminate all crime.  Crime is not
 > just a poverty issue.  I knew kids from well to do families that would steal
 > for the thrill of it.  These are questions I cannot answer.  I do have some
 > hope because if we can teach kids not to touch hot stoves or stick things in
 > electrical outlets, we can early on establish principals of self respect,
 > honesty, and morality.

 An> People kill each other for the most trivial of reasons, and I am not
 An> just referring to Medieval times. The Catohlics and Protestants have
 An> been murdering each other for centuries, and they beleive in the same
 An> God... likewise so do the Sunnis and Shias. Until we have a universal
 An> belief system, there will never be peace.

 An> A lot of people are just born bad. There isn't much that can be done to
 An> help them especially if they're supposed to abide by the strict
 An> confines of a civilised society.

 An> So we are left with the only solution which is to genetically alter
 An> people to be kinder and more empathetic, and have a universal belief
 An> system...

 I do agree that humans are by and large, screw ups.  And I think there is a
case to be made, of people being ruled by their betters.  However, I think our
"betters" now, the ruling elite, are most unfit.
 

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