Excuse my noob question, but isn’t your subtle anti-religion generalizing implication somehow exactly against the pro-rational attitude this website is spreading?
Also, when it comes to utilitarian ethics and rationality or anything, isn’t “discovering the hard way” more fruit-bearing than having to learn in schools?
Discovering the hard way generally leads to deeper knowledge, but it’s still extremely important to learn about, eg, the germ theory of disease in school. You may not end up knowing as much as its original discoverers about bacteria and their behavior, but you can still spread a lot fewer disease.
Also, when it comes to utilitarian ethics and rationality or anything, isn’t “discovering the hard way” more fruit-bearing than having to learn in schools?
In addition to what drethelin said, there’s also the problem that discovering it the hard way is hard. Most people fail. That way bears no fruit at all.
Excuse my noob question, but isn’t your subtle anti-religion generalizing implication somehow exactly against the pro-rational attitude this website is spreading?
Also, when it comes to utilitarian ethics and rationality or anything, isn’t “discovering the hard way” more fruit-bearing than having to learn in schools?
Discovering the hard way generally leads to deeper knowledge, but it’s still extremely important to learn about, eg, the germ theory of disease in school. You may not end up knowing as much as its original discoverers about bacteria and their behavior, but you can still spread a lot fewer disease.
In addition to what drethelin said, there’s also the problem that discovering it the hard way is hard. Most people fail. That way bears no fruit at all.