Philosophical Questions: Avoidable

[ysabetwordsmith]

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What causes the most harm in the world, but is completely avoidable?


Gosh, that's a hard one. Personal vices leap readily to mind, like adultery and alcohol. But then there are things like climate change, which is created by humans, who could choose to stop pushing in that direction but won't.

Comments

Re: Ignorance

[dialecticdreamer]

LOL. We matched on 2 of the 3. I couldn't think of a mathematician!

The biases are in part still so strong because we are discouraged from looking for the curtains blocking off a larger world of historical events and accomplishments.

Re: Ignorance

[acelightning2]

My husband has an old math book from when he was in college and it mentions Emmy Knuth, who was considered "mannish" in her mathematical proficiency. I am incapable of understanding any form of math myself, which is why I never managed to become a physicist

Re: Ignorance

[dialecticdreamer]

Laugh. Yeah. My brain just refuses to work with geometry. It's an organic issue; I didn't know right from left until I learned the words in Spanish. (This was NOT in elementary school, btw.) It created an entirely DIFFERENT pathway, and now, if someone gives me directions, I repeat them in Spanish and can work with them. If I don't, I'm a goner.

I have proof: on Friday at the doctor's office, the tech just waved vaguely and said "meet me at your room" and I got so lost that I had to ask another staff member to guide me back to the correct side of the building.