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Why the fuck does it cost money to get smarter??
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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That's not what is in question. The question was that everyone needs education for mobility.
Once the powerful got their special information, do you think serf #2 would get the same treatment?
"The ruling class in every era has always needed the educated to interpret the world."
A naive take at best. They wanted advantage and weaponry. Once they got that from one educated person, what advantage was there for anyone else to know it? If anything, it was to the advantage of the ruling class to make sure no one else knew.
Ah a rationalist. That's what I love about rationalism, any relationship to reality is severely rationed
Ah, a wiggler. That's what I love about wigglers, any argument they don't even understand they can wiggle out of.
A wiggler? Did you learn that on the first day at sophistry class at fallacy school? Is that a technical term or are you completely, totally, irredeemably full of your own farts
The latter.
Nice