This month’s Socrates Café question:
“Is any person inherently better than another?”
Chime away.
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April 20th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
No. Actions over genetics.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
A. Kutcher is better than most of us, but O. Winfrey is superior to us all. At the bottom of the Human Pyramid lies a solid foundation of email spammers.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:34 am
There is nothing philosophical about this comment, but regarding “At the bottom of the Human Pyramid lies a solid foundation of email spammers,” that’s a pyramid with a very small base. 80% of spam comes from just 200 spammers:
http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/spammers.lasso
and spam costs society tens of billions of dollars per year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic)#Costs_of_spam
A truly impressive amount of destruction from such a small group of people.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:37 am
I’ll try that link a little differently so it hopefully won’t get chopped:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28electronic%29#Costs_of_spam
April 21st, 2009 at 8:40 am
Depends entirely on the definition of better, but if you define it as “better at doing everything” then the answer is no.
Here’s an example: Who is better at doing things, a genius or a catatonic? The genius may be able to outrun, out think, out juggle, and out dance the catatonic, but the catatonic will still be best at staring at one spot while drooling.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I agree with Randy but, I must say, Brain K. certainly gives one a lot to think about!
April 21st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
While I regretfully missed yet another meet, I think I really would have liked to be apart of this one. The question being “Is any person inherently better than another?” This is not just a question, but a part of everyone’s reality. While humility is becoming more of a disappearing term, the pride in people is growing.
Humility – Someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others.
Embrace it! Your still the same person you were born as, and no baby is better than another. Life may shape us through experience, but you, me, the pharaohs and the kings, we were all born and we will all die.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
yes