tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post2782728026223843385..comments2023-10-20T02:35:54.385-07:00Comments on Erik McClure: What Is A Right Answer?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13838708587730716493noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post-81367829913255099202012-08-25T16:44:32.322-07:002012-08-25T16:44:32.322-07:00The strange thing about this is that I believe tha...The strange thing about this is that I believe that everything is fixable, but I do not believe that there is going to be any particular optimal solution. In my case, society in general is just so completely broken that it isn't very hard to make things significantly better while still being light-years away from any "optimal" answer, and there are many different ways of doing so.<br /><br />I do agree that it seems to be a fundamental simplification that people desperately hang on to regardless of reality, though. It seems closely related to religion in that regard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838708587730716493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post-45057682319577877372012-08-25T12:57:50.013-07:002012-08-25T12:57:50.013-07:00My working theory on this is that there is a large...My working theory on this is that there is a large subset of people who believe deep down that things are fundamentally fixable. If something is not fixable it creates an uncomfortable feeling they have to resolve. They latch onto ideas as solutions because they can't accept there being no true solution.<br /><br />Telling such a person there is no perfect optimum won't resolve the issue. It will just make them angry because you're damaging their happiness. Their brain is disagreeing with reality at a basic level and you just can't fix that (baring hitting them on the head really hard). When life does shatter one of their illusions, they will generally just switch to a new belief.Scott Congerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08362066716873454975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post-54848183752208082342012-08-22T20:23:19.918-07:002012-08-22T20:23:19.918-07:00It sometimes surprises me how many people rail aga...It sometimes surprises me how many people rail against facing the truth - Nothing is ever simple. Shades of grey are all we have.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838708587730716493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post-31470441715975632222012-08-22T20:02:47.361-07:002012-08-22T20:02:47.361-07:00Well, what about in life? I find this dissertatio...Well, what about in life? I find this dissertation parallel to many of life's precarious situations. Most of the time, I think the concept of right and wrong is a means to an end. It is a gross method of oversimplification in order for people to justify coming to conclusions to things they do not readily understand. In a way, static "rights" and "wrongs" do not belong in life, because it leaves open the door for individual interpretation. What may be considered right and just by one person will most assuredly be considered cruel and wrong by another.<br /><br />In any other case, it's nothing more than an ego boost. One wants to see himself as right, impeccable, and infallible when in reality one is never any of these things. And even when one commits to wrongs, he will most assuredly have an excuse readily available pertaining as to why he did wrong instead of right.<br /><br />The bottom line -- there is no black and white, only varying shades of grey.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050702102681675581noreply@blogger.com