Top ten stupid ideas of all time

[Erik Mesoy]

Thanks, Erik Mesoy!

Bwahaha, the image propagates!

Now sigged for greater convenience of people intending to use it.

 

[LLXerxes]

Well then they should of done some research.

They probably mistook "Home" for "Homo".
Then again, much less of the market than you think probably speak English. That's the thing people in the U.S. have to learn, not everybody speaks english.

Converte hic, puer Americanus.

 

[Paradigne]

Are you kidding? People missed coca-cola classic so much that when it was re-released sales were better than ever (I think). That may not have been the strategy with new coke, but it is how it turned out.

Take something away, and people want it more than when they had it..

And no one noticed it was now made with High Fructose Corn Syrup instead of sugar...

BTW: That gets a vote for me: High Fructose Corn Syrup. It's in everything and it will kill us all

 

[Narz]

#1 : Agriculture

 

[Xanikk999]

#1 : Agriculture

How is that a stupid idea?

Do you think its better to live in the stone age then develop into civilization?

 

[Narz]

How is that a stupid idea?

Read the article.

Do you think its better to live in the stone age then develop into civilization?

They both have their pros and cons.

 

[Xanikk999]

Read the article.
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Sorry, but if its not a direct link im not downloading it. I dont want to risk anything.

They both have their pros and cons.

Well do you think the pros outweigh the cons? I dont know anyone who would want to live with no technology.

And being in the U.S as you are, war and famine probably dont affect you.

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Do you think its better to live in the stone age then develop into civilization?

They both have their pros and cons.

Sig'd. .

 

[Zarn]

How about eating the apple (in the Garden of Eden)?

 

[Narz]

Sorry, but if its not a direct link im not downloading it. I dont want to risk anything.

It's just a PDF file. I thought you weren't afraid of technology.

Well do you think the pros outweigh the cons? I dont know anyone who would want to live with no technology.

Who said anything about living without technology? It's impossible for humans to live without technology. Even chimps use technology.

And being in the U.S as you are, war and famine probably dont affect you.

Major wars and famine usually effect civilized people more freqently than tribal people. Famine is a result of overpopulation and oft-times dependence on just one or two crops.

 

[warpus]

1. Dance Dance Revolution
2. NN Beauty Paegants
3. Cannibalism
4. Palm reading
5. Diet soda
6. Biathlon
7. The RIAA
8. Circumcision
9. Women's magazines
10. The 2nd amendment

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Who said anything about living without technology? It's impossible for humans to live without technology. Even chimps use technology.

I sort of like modern medicine, advanced communications, fast transportation, and of course the vast amounts of manufactured goods that we have in this day and age. None of them would have been remotely possible without agriculture. You're tempting me to suggest "Eco-Anarchy" as the number one stupidest idea of all time.

 

[Perfection]

Major wars and famine usually effect civilized people more freqently than tribal people. Famine is a result of overpopulation and oft-times dependence on just one or two crops.

tribal groups are more susceptable to overpopulation problems because of lower capacity to deal with it, in addition modern civilization can easily overcome the crop difficulties.

And while major wars are more common for civilizations minor wars are less frequent and the chances of anyone dying in a war/tribal fued is lower.

 

[homeyg]

1. Driving 900 miles wearing a diaper with intent to kill your crush's girlfriend, only carrying pepper spray, a rubber hose, a mallet, and a bb gun.

 

[Narz]

I sort of like modern medicine, advanced communications, fast transportation, and of course the vast amounts of manufactured goods that we have in this day and age. None of them would have been remotely possible without agriculture. You're tempting me to suggest "Eco-Anarchy" as the number one stupidest idea of all time.

I don't demonize civilization, I just like to play devil's advocate.

I take the other side against a somewhat fanatical and illogical Indian fellow here (I agree with a couple of his points but find most of them utterly stupid).

Anyway, you can't prove that effective medicine could not be possible without agriculture. And of course, for a tribal person who are constantly with friends and loved ones a 3AM flight to (or 3AM conversation with) Australia or Tokyo is neither necessary or relevant. Manufactured goods would be largely irrelevant as well (especialy for a nomad). Quality of life > stuff.

Not to say I personally would like to go back to being a hunter-gatherer. But I'm sure many of them (if they could look into their campfire and see ahead) probably wouldn't want to switch with us either. Life was not necessarily as nasty, brutish or short (I don't agree with all of this article, specifically the contextual anti-vegetarian stuff but the weston-price website is overall a great resource) as most contemporary Westerers tend to believe (and many 3rd worlders are probably quite aware of their people's decrease in quality of life since the modern age).

tribal groups are more susceptable to overpopulation problems because of lower capacity to deal with it,

They have a higher capcity to deal with it and have dealt with it for around a million years. Sometimes the methods include warfare and infanticide but they dealt with it.

in addition modern civilization can easily overcome the crop difficulties.

History shows otherwise.

And while major wars are more common for civilizations minor wars are less frequent and the chances of anyone dying in a war/tribal fued is lower.

That hold true only within a very small timeframe (around 1800-the present) and in the first world.

 

[Narz]

1. Driving 900 miles wearing a diaper with intent to kill your crush's girlfriend, only carrying pepper spray, a rubber hose, a mallet, and a bb gun.

Read about that today (saw it on the front page of the news in the grocery store). The diaper bit almost made me .

 

[angeleyes]

1. The idea of bringing children up, not by learning them to think, but by putting ideas in their heads and reject thinking by their own.

 

[Pokurcz]

Xanikk999

You obviously wouldn’t notice irony if it hit you square in the hockey mask.

So I’ll explain it to you bluntly: After WW2 practically everybody loved the USA, now practically everybody hates the USA. The smiley is supposed to mean “good job”, meaning that the above was quite a feat, unfortunately it was a bad feat, that was the “irony” part.

Being hated by the world is a bad thing, especially if you do not understand why and think of yourself as the best. Because obviously that is the kid in the schoolyard that will get his ass kicked eventually unless he starts to seriously make amends, and those get more costly by the minute.
The only thing that stops the other kids from giving that kid an ass whooping is that big bodyguard with the automatic carbine, but as soon as the money runs out the **** hits the fan in a serious manner.

Unfortunetly that won't be funny, if it happens, for most of the world either.

 

[Chandrasekhar]

I don't demonize civilization, I just like to play devil's advocate.

I take the other side against a somewhat fanatical and illogical Indian fellow here (I agree with a couple of his points but find most of them utterly stupid).

Anyway, you can't prove that effective medicine could not be possible without agriculture. And of course, for a tribal person who are constantly with friends and loved ones a 3AM flight to (or 3AM conversation with) Australia or Tokyo is neither necessary or relevant. Manufactured goods would be largely irrelevant as well (especialy for a nomad). Quality of life > stuff.

Not to say I personally would like to go back to being a hunter-gatherer. But I'm sure many of them (if they could look into their campfire and see ahead) probably wouldn't want to switch with us either. Life was not necessarily as nasty, brutish or short (I don't agree with all of this article, specifically the contextual anti-vegetarian stuff but the weston-price website is overall a great resource) as most contemporary Westerers tend to believe (and many 3rd worlders are probably quite aware of their people's decrease in quality of life since the modern age).

The research necessary to fund modern medicine could not have been done in a society that lacked the extra resources to keep some scientists around. But I'm not entirely certain why I'm trying to defend agricultural society. After all, it's around today, and we can see that it works spectacularly. Rather, you should be showing how a non-agrarian society can achieve anything meaningful.

 

[Narz]

The research necessary to fund modern medicine could not have been done in a society that lacked the extra resources to keep some scientists around. But I'm not entirely certain why I'm trying to defend agricultural society. After all, it's around today, and we can see that it works spectacularly. Rather, you should be showing how a non-agrarian society can achieve anything meaningful.

You'll have to define spectacularly and meaningful then.