bhbhbhhh t1_j1jt4u0 wrote
Reply to comment by MightyKrakyn in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
Look up some information on the current state of literacy among young Americans in grade school and college. It’s not so easy to dismiss when it’s being measured and studied.
ONEAlucard t1_j1jurk5 wrote
America isn’t the whole world
bhbhbhhh t1_j1jvc0i wrote
Does that make it less shameful?
ONEAlucard t1_j1jwa5h wrote
What does shame have to do with it?
Unless you believe it is the children’s fault they are falling behind? Which would be strange.
bhbhbhhh t1_j1k2qx1 wrote
You think the OP spoke of superficiality and thought it a good thing?
ONEAlucard t1_j1k66tf wrote
You argue in bad faith.
bhbhbhhh t1_j1k6qmz wrote
I would say that “What does shame have to do with it?” is a bad faith response.
ONEAlucard t1_j1k7p07 wrote
It’s not. It’s asking why you think it is shameful. Because that term has no meaning in this situation. Something you have still yet to answer.
Asking that does not assume something else is good. Which you assumed I meant, based on absolutely no prompt from me. That is arguing in bad faith.
bhbhbhhh t1_j1k8gcg wrote
I think it’s shameful because I can’t imagine not being ashamed of seeing my country’s educational institutions fail after spending centuries building up a proud tradition of excellence and cutting edge research.
What do you mean, it has no meaning in this situation? Without any explanation, all I could do was speculate. It’s not arguing in bad faith to ask a question in order to clear up your uncertainty about what the other person things.
ONEAlucard t1_j1ka4k1 wrote
You didn’t ask a question. You made an assumption. Suggesting you thought i believed it was good. I’m not overly interested in discussing with someone that cloud talks like you do.
MightyKrakyn t1_j1jvpxs wrote
What do you think the literacy rate was 200 years ago? A thousand years ago? I need you to understand that the youth are not in control of the circumstances surround this recent fall in literacy in the United States. The people complaining have been in charge this whole time
bhbhbhhh t1_j1k30ar wrote
Guy at the top of rollercoaster hill: Why are you all screaming? Can’t you see that we’re higher than the start of the ride?
Funktownajin t1_j1kgqlh wrote
Good analogy. Everyone here is pretending we aren't at the precipice of global calamity, cause it's been going up and hey look the past wasn't great either. Most of the happy preaching people just don't really care and that's why It doesn't affect them much until their own lives are impacted.
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