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Originally Posted by Angela  So, where's the danger? I just don't see it. Maybe the fear is that people are stupid sheep who will follow a psychic's evil instructions for nefarious purpose? Probably. But I reckon anyone who falls into the stupid sheep evil-instruction following nefarious purposeful people will find someone to fall into the hands of, if an evil psychic doesn't show up. |
Ah, the defense on the grounds that if this person isn't damaging or dangerous, somebody else will destroy the stupid people anyway.
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And I think most people have better sense than that.
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Good. And we'll just ignore the fate of those who are vulnerable, perhaps through not being too bright. Stupid people are just stupid and there's no point in education or protection for people who can't be educated to the point where they can look after themselves, I suppose?
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It's a good idea to be careful about whose advice you follow, but that doesn't mean people who offer advice are inherently dangerous.
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The first statement, I think, is the same proposition as the OP. The second was never implied, but presumably must already be known by the OP, or they would not have given advice.
I expected better of you than this. I can picture you now standing on a railway platform somewhere in western europe in the early 1940s, discussing the benefit to the human gene pool of ridding itself of 6 million people who were too weak or stupid to defend themselves from genocide. Despite the clearly dangerous political implications, it would be a rational and scientific proposition, and an interesting sociological one that no doubt some have discussed, but neither does it preclude the business of looking at the perpetrator's role and working to understand and avoid how people like Hitler come to power and 'inspire' (for definite want of a better word) thousands of people to hatred and murder - the active side of the causal relationship.
Now, I know I'm taking an extreme example, but I don't quite know how else to understand this 'Darwinist' point (unless it was just a regrettable flight of humour, and you know, it is kind of funny how stupidly some people kill themselves, if you like that kind of humour). Relating it to the discussion, it seems to back up your other point and in summary is: to hell with the stupid people. Why should I give a crap if they're conned?