Well on one side dismissing obvious ways to make something better is not very bright. On the other side the “obvious way to make something better” could itself not be very bright either.
I am very wary of explanations of the world which emphasize “the people who disagree with this are evil” or “the people who disagree with this are stupid”. If only people weren’t deliberately trying to do harm or remain ignorant, they would of course agree with the speaker. This leaves no room for different (but reasonable) priorities, different tolerances for risk, different trusted authorities, etc. Plus, when evil and stupid do exist, they always think that their opponents are actually the evil, stupid ones. So an individual ought to remain humble: if he’s sure that he’s on the side of God fighting a clear battle against evil, that itself is evidence that he isn’t.
On the other side the “obvious way to make somrthing better” could itself not be very bright either.
One way to make something better could be not very bright, but are all ways to make something better not very bright? When someone keeps rejecting everything and offering nothing workable, good chance they just don’t want progress.
Yes I agree. What I meant was not all revolutionary ideas being discarded by someone mean that person is a reactionary. That idea may just simply be bad. That doesn’t mean we should reject good ideas, it just means that someone rejecting an idea literally doesn’t mean anything by itself.
Well on one side dismissing obvious ways to make something better is not very bright. On the other side the “obvious way to make something better” could itself not be very bright either.
I am very wary of explanations of the world which emphasize “the people who disagree with this are evil” or “the people who disagree with this are stupid”. If only people weren’t deliberately trying to do harm or remain ignorant, they would of course agree with the speaker. This leaves no room for different (but reasonable) priorities, different tolerances for risk, different trusted authorities, etc. Plus, when evil and stupid do exist, they always think that their opponents are actually the evil, stupid ones. So an individual ought to remain humble: if he’s sure that he’s on the side of God fighting a clear battle against evil, that itself is evidence that he isn’t.
the tao that can be spoken is not the true tao.
One way to make something better could be not very bright, but are all ways to make something better not very bright? When someone keeps rejecting everything and offering nothing workable, good chance they just don’t want progress.
Yes I agree. What I meant was not all revolutionary ideas being discarded by someone mean that person is a reactionary. That idea may just simply be bad. That doesn’t mean we should reject good ideas, it just means that someone rejecting an idea literally doesn’t mean anything by itself.