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Old 06-26-2009, 08:26 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
Nope, not more stupid. We've done two things, 1st. We add more layers to knowledge, therefore insulating people from the basic facts that modern things are based on, causing faulty reasoning. and 2nd. We are too good at protecting fools from their folly. In the past, many fools did not survive their stupid mistakes. Now they live to sue....

Curious. What are the basic facts modern things are based on? From my point of view the problem is a different one: Most modern things aren't based on basic facts but on highly specialized knowlegde. It's considerably harder to explain how a television works than to explain the basics of a drawing.
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