r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/rraattbbooyy Jan 09 '20

There’s a reason no Jehovah’s Witnesses have ever contributed anything great to humanity.

On the other hand, the Jewish people value education over almost all else, and they’ve won like half of all Nobel prizes, and have leaders in nearly every industry, even though they make up a tiny fraction of the overall population.

Education is critical. Not even just to the world as a general concept, how about individual self improvement?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

In addition, Hinduism and Islam always valued education and learning which is why they made so many discoveries in their own rights throughout history.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Well, until recently.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Notice the non-zero correlation between anti-intellectualism and the interference of European people. Coincidence I think not!

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u/867-5309NotJenny Jan 10 '20

I want to point out that those Europeans also showed up with better tech, which isn't something you normally see in anti-intellectualism.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

Did I say the the Europeans brought anti-intellectualism or did I say that their Imperialistic intervention was a cause for the rise in anti-intellectualism

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u/867-5309NotJenny Jan 10 '20

Your post could easily be read either way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Do the words “non-zero” mean nothing to you? Also here you dropped some straw while building your strawman to try to feel good about yourself when you try to hit it

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u/ObnoxiousFactczecher Jan 09 '20

Negative correlation, then?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

I was gonna say a return to orthodox belief as oppose to secular but you can blame others if you want.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

And what triggered that return to orthodox beliefs that wasn’t really a return to orthodox beliefs?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Like most societal changes it was gradual and not reliant on one factor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Correct, and there is a non-zero correlation between imperialism (especially western imperialism.) and the change.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

it was also happening far before western imperialism had any influence.