say again? i wasnt talking about the origins of life to have that as a debate. your reference to free thinking and westernism is small and insignificant really compared to the reality of what religion and money has done in our past and for our future. what were you trying to say really? i was making a point about what humans have been taught the last few thousand years, wether its practical or efficient and how it impacts on our world. remember if you are speaking from a western, christian, eastern, moslem, or some point of view that likely is apart of some conditioning that i am refering to.
i get it, the western standard... whatever keeps you warm, i am guessing you dont foresee change within the years you have left on this earth.
What many people who have lived most of their lives exclusively in the West don't understand is that this discussion is primarily a question of education. Education is a luxury.
education considered a luxury is a sad thing. lack of ability to administer to ones own needs and lack of critical thinking has allowed for manipulation of humanity in very questionable directions. people are still easily distracted from the main issues only because they are not educated properly. values are questionable, archaic and all things inefficient and unsuitable for the future, this is why not enough people on this planet will ask the correct questions that will address issues. the same thinking also breeds those that would be cannibals in a sense , those that would prey upon the uneducated.
I had my identity stolen by a lawyer, who eventually sued me. The court allowed him to prevail even though he did not serve me and offered no admissible evidence. The judges sign off on these cases 100 times a day in my city. If the average is $1000, that is $100,000 a day. And the economic damagee to those 100 people has been estimated at $1 million each over their lifetime.
Misthos, your analysis, insight and the presentation of your ideas in this thread are impressive, brilliant. I believe you are right about the inverse relationship between wealth and morality (and it's close cousin : the enforcement of the law). Similarly, there is an inverse relationship between population and morality, which boils down to the surplus of a nation, as you have already said.
I think most people are born with good critical thinking skills, but over the years they are discouraged from using it. Look at any 3 year old the way they ask questions when you try to teach them something simple like how toast is made. Kid: How do you make toast? Parent: you put 2 peices of bread in the toaster and it heats up and cooks the bread. Kid: Why does the toaster get hot? Parent: Because there are little wires in the toaster that get hot from the electricity when you start the toaster Kid: Where does the electricity come from? Parent: It comes from the outlet in the wall. Kid: How does the electricity get in the wall? Parent; Shut up and stop being so stupid. This is the point where kids learn to only ask a few questions and not get so deep into critical thinking because they get called stupid. They get conditioned at a very early age to not question authority and just accept that things are the way they are.