The world is a cruel place...

[Senju Bean]

So this leads to my main point.

Say there is a fact that needs to be verified.

With lack of evidence, automatically assume that the politically incorrect alternative is true. Because the world is cruel so it makes sense to take this route.

For example, does physical appearance matter in getting a date? Well, if we don't have solid scientific evidence for whether it matters or not, then we should err on the side of caution and say, YES, looks are everything.


Does IQ matter in life? YES because that is the politcially incorrect answer.

Does luck matter more than hard work? Yes, because that isn't what you want to hear.


The burden of proof falls on those siding with the politically correct side. The answer that we want is unlikely to be true because the world isn't how we want it to be.


Certainly better than setting ourselves up for disapointment.

 

[FubukiShirou]

cool beans

 

[Melanin]

cool beans

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[Pumpkin Ninja]

Looks matter, luck matters. IQ doesn't, not much people know their IQ and although they say it's an aptitude test, really only 1st world people score higher, you need to have some form of education.

 

[Senju Bean]

The world isn't how we want it to be, for anything and everything.

We wanted the world to be flat and the earth at the center. We were wrong.

We wanted time to be fixed, we where wrong and einstien is right.

We wanted the world to be fair. It is the complete opposite

 

[FubukiShirou]

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He shoulda expected it.

 

[Yusuke Urameshi]

I don't understand the point of this thread. :|

 

[NaNaNaaaaa]

This makes no sense.

Yes the world is cruel, unfortunatly humans do not learn in a world of idle luxary, we learn through trials, our own and others, the world seems constructed to make us learn.

No, looks are not everything. true, looks may play a more major part in dateing but love does not require looks, it is very possible to fall in love with someone you did not originally think attractive. Relashonships based on looks do not work, looks fade, time takes them away and then you are left with nothing to hold a relashionship together.

IQ does not always count, there are many people who are thick who have made more of a sucsess of themselves than those with high Iq's, either through talent, skill or hard work

Luck is a fools game, you make your own luck

Those who only think negativly will never achieve anything, you may never achieve anything anyway but to keep trying is much better than laying down like a dead dog that just makes you unlucky and pathetic.

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

Even a high IQ and looks go to luck, so in the end, everything is about luck. Some people are born lucky while others are lucky enough just to be born.

 

[Senju Bean]

This makes no sense.

Yes the world is cruel, unfortunatly humans do not learn in a world of idle luxary, we learn through trials, our own and others, the world seems constructed to make us learn.

No, looks are not everything. true, looks may play a more major part in dateing but love does not require looks, it is very possible to fall in love with someone you did not originally think attractive. Relashonships based on looks do not work, looks fade, time takes them away and then you are left with nothing to hold a relashionship together.

IQ does not always count, there are many people who are thick who have made more of a sucsess of themselves than those with high Iq's, either through talent, skill or hard work

Luck is a fools game, you make your own luck

Those who only think negativly will never achieve anything, you may never achieve anything anyway but to keep trying is much better than laying down like a dead dog that just makes you unlucky and pathetic.

That is the answer you want because that is what you want to hear.

If it sounds right, it's probably wrong.

 

[Senju Bean]

Even a high IQ and looks go to luck, so in the end, everything is about luck. Some people are born lucky while others are lucky enough just to be born.

exactly

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

That is the answer you want because that is what you want to hear.

If it sounds right, it's probably wrong.

If you think right is wrong therefore you are wrong meaning your logic is flawed.

 

[Senju Bean]

If you think right is wrong therefore you are wrong meaning your logic is flawed.

Say A vs B.

A is what we want to hear. And B isn't.

We have no physical evidence for either one.

Well, life isn't a fairy tail. So don't expect a nice answer.

That should guide your reasoning.

 

[Yusuke Urameshi]

That is the answer you want because that is what you want to hear.

If it sounds right, it's probably wrong.

You make no sense. lol You really shouldn't dabble with drugs that aren't prescribed by a legal doctor.

 

[Senju Bean]

You make no sense. lol

Give me examples where the answers turn out to be nice sounding.

 

[Zexion~]

If you're born a little less attractive then most then just work hard to dress nice Lol people will always go for those who dress nice regardless of how ugly you are

 

[V h o]

Not sure how this justifies that the world is a cruel place. Obviously looks matter on a date, quite frankly looks matter in most aspects of life. If your on a date and look like you crawled out of a dumpster, you would be lucky if the date decides to sit down by you or even continue with the date. Looks usually get people to at least get to know you. This is why people who seem (look) more friendly attract more people around them. Few people want to talk to someone who seems like a jerk or has some issue.

IQ matters but not a lot, matters what you do with that IQ.

Also luck matters, quite a bit at that, especially with people who may do things "on a whim" just because they felt like it. So not everything is really set in stone, so just maybe a person who seems like a jerk who crawled out of a dumpster will get to complete his/her date.

imo

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

Say A vs B.

A is what we want to hear. And B isn't.

We have no physical evidence for either one.

Well, life isn't a fairy tail. So don't expect a nice answer.

That should guide your reasoning.

If we have no physical evidence for either one we shouldn't assume any. Life will not automatically lean to the worse outcome magically, if that's what you're getting at.

This whole thread is just you being pessimistic. Try looking at life in a more positive way, it'll help you regardless of whether it changes anything.

 

[Senju Bean]

Not sure how this justifies that the world is a cruel place. Obviously looks matter on a date, quite frankly looks matter in most aspects of life. If your on a date and look like you crawled out of a dumpster, you would be lucky if the date decides to sit down by you or even continue with the date. Looks usually get people to at least get to know you. This is why people who seem (look) more friendly attract more people around them. Few people want to talk to someone who seems like a jerk or has some issue.

IQ matters but not a lot, matters what you do with that IQ.

Also luck matters, quite a bit a that, especially with people who may do things "on a whim" just because they felt like it. So not everything is really set in stone, so just maybe a person who seems like a jerk who crawled out of a dumpster will get to complete his/her date.

imo

Those are just examples. We use the fact that the world is a cruel place to determine the likely outcomes to scientific questions.

Those simply follow from the fact that the world is a cruel place.


Will we cure cancer? Who knows? But since the world is a cruel place, don't expect much.

 

[Yusuke Urameshi]

Those are just examples. We use the fact that the world is a cruel place to determine the likely outcomes to scientific questions.

Those simply follow from the fact that the world is a cruel place.


Will we cure cancer? Who knows? But since the world is a cruel place, don't expect much.

Like ツHideyoshi said, you're being super pessimistic. Brighten up, sir.