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to think Darwinian selection will make the MN of the future a very different place?

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ICBINEG · 15/03/2013 23:05

AIBU to think that evolutionary pressures will eventually take their toll on the people who:
a) would rather follow their instinct as mothers over the current NICE guidelines,
b) would rather believe what daily mail hacks have to say than what the NHS, WHO etc. recommend
c) are anti-vaccinations
d) think vitamin supplements can cure aids and homeopathy can cure anything at all
e) think cosmetic surgery is necessary for self-esteem
f) think that just because they survived forward facing car seats, fag smoking parents and sleeping on their stomachs etc. their children will?

And to deduce, therefore, that the MN of 1000 years hence will be a much quieter more rational place altogether?

AI further being U to pursue an active role in promoting all of the above memes as vigorously as possible in order to bring forward in time the dawn of the projected rationalist era?

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ICBINEG · 16/03/2013 00:11

Right - how morally wrong is it to spread the word that only by killing yourself in the name of God (and soon) will there will be a place in heaven for you?

That should remove several groups of people I am in perpetual disagreement with....

Unfortunately I think some of the major religions already have this one stitched up...although some of the smarter religions forbid suicide presumably because they are also playing the long game.

In fact Religion evolutionary win looks like:

  1. thou shall have as many kids as possible
  2. thou shall indoctrinate them in the Religion
  3. suicide or the killing of others in the Religion shall be NOT allowed.

Now where have I heard that before?

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AgentZigzag · 16/03/2013 00:12

'but unless you have MORE information than the HCP then it is dodgy to think you know better..... '

There must be lots of people out there who are more intelligent than HCPs Grin

If the HCP can know it, so can other people.

You're talking about it as though it's some elevated state, they've just learnt stuff, any fucker can do that (well, she's an intelligent poster Grin)

ICBINEG · 16/03/2013 00:16

In fact screw this MN of the future thing....

lets design the ultimate viral Religion.

so...it needs to be self-copying...self reproducing, adaptable (which IMHO is where most religions go wrong). It would be better if it tells people they should do things they already want to do, where not contraindicated by the above....

So a sex and chocolate based religion is clearly the way forward.

No no that won't work....we need Religionists to be fit and able to reproduce...too much chocolate will hinder that.

hmmm sexercise based religion?

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ICBINEG · 16/03/2013 00:17

Oh I regularly take down HCP's but I wouldn't try and kick over Cochrane or NICE.

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AgentZigzag · 16/03/2013 00:20

'Oh I regularly take down HCP's'

I know I'm wrong to imagine you doing that with a crossbow Grin

SaggyOldClothCatpuss · 16/03/2013 00:23

And to deduce, therefore, that the MN of 1000 years hence will be a much quieter more rational place altogether?
Well judging by some of the threads Ive read recently, it wont be a bad thing!
I cant fucking wait!

ICBINEG · 16/03/2013 00:44

a cross bow would have been ace...and so very much more efficient.

honestly I think this is really going to change my MN experience.

I used to respond to:

"But homeopathy worked for my Mum's cousins brother in law and cured his cancer right up"

with the same old shit about anecdotes not being data and it being dangerous to spout such shit where someone might accidentally read it...and my blood pressure would go up and I would get angry with the world....

Now I can simply say - Oh really how interesting! Make sure you tell your children all about it! btw I heard HCP take a cut on every course of chemo. They are all in the pocket of big pharma!

And then let relax and let nature take it's course.....

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ICBINEG · 16/03/2013 00:54

wowzzers! I popped over to philosophy/religion/spirituality to see if anyone might be interested in starting a synthetic religion based on huge amounts of unprotected sex and a small amount of chocolate....but made the mistake of looking at some of the woo threads first....

Poor poor Newton.....poor poor us!

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