The current education system in Europe does a much better job at making education unpopular than at actually preventing those who may positively impact technology and society in the future from acquiring the necessary education to do so. Turning education into a chore is merely an annoyance for anyone involved, but doesn’t actually hold back technological advance in any way.
If I was the devil, I would try to restrict internet access for as many people as possible. As long as you have internet, traditional education isn’t really needed for humanity to advance technologically.
Also, does the devil win if humanity goes extinct? Because in that case I would instead try to make the best education available for free to all children, and focus on getting a few Satanists in positions where you get to push red buttons. Since the devil is traditionally displayed as persuasive and manipulative to the point that intelligent and well-educated people tend to more receptive to his offers than normal folk, that shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Just imagine a few Hitlers with modern nuclear ICBMs.
Hanlon’s razor: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
Never heard of Hanlon’s razor before, but I think it makes much more sense if you replace stupidity with indifference.
The current education system in Europe does a much better job at making education unpopular than at actually preventing those who may positively impact technology and society in the future from acquiring the necessary education to do so. Turning education into a chore is merely an annoyance for anyone involved, but doesn’t actually hold back technological advance in any way.
If I was the devil, I would try to restrict internet access for as many people as possible. As long as you have internet, traditional education isn’t really needed for humanity to advance technologically.
Also, does the devil win if humanity goes extinct? Because in that case I would instead try to make the best education available for free to all children, and focus on getting a few Satanists in positions where you get to push red buttons. Since the devil is traditionally displayed as persuasive and manipulative to the point that intelligent and well-educated people tend to more receptive to his offers than normal folk, that shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Just imagine a few Hitlers with modern nuclear ICBMs.
Never heard of Hanlon’s razor before, but I think it makes much more sense if you replace stupidity with indifference.
Also, indifference (of most people) should always be the null hypothesis when predicting what happens.
The Wit and Wisdom of Quirinus Quirrell