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Norrrm

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5. "amathia" - always something new to learn.

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Sat Dec 6, 2025, 02:15 PM

Dec 6

"refusal to understand"

It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It

Said in different ways.

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I asked google why smart people do dumb things, here is what it's AI answered. Socrates had come up in earlier answer. [View all] Swede Dec 6 OP

Good one. And it didn't use the word asshole once. mjvpi Dec 6 #1

like ask AI philosophical questions? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 6 #2

No I googled it, I just didn't expect the Ai part, just links to what others thought. Swede Dec 6 #3

See my reply 7 below. Do you have a copy of your exact query/prompt? If you didn't save it, it should highplainsdem Dec 6 #8

And then there are MAGAts, dumb people doing dumb things. Sneederbunk Dec 6 #4

"amathia" - always something new to learn. Norrrm Dec 6 #5

Sinclair Lewis, I believe, wrote that. Almost a century ago. c-rational Dec 6 #6

Not an EXACT correlation, but it reminds me of this verse from a NOFX song (especially the bolded part): Grown2Hate Dec 6 #11

It fits. Norrrm Dec 6 #16

Swede, did your prompt include a request for what (Greek) philosophers would say? Same query just highplainsdem Dec 6 #7

I had asked a previous questions about good and evil. And why normal people do bad things. Swede Dec 6 #9

Yes, it would. Algorithms do that, whether offering you more videos from the same artist or similar highplainsdem Dec 6 #12

Would you consider editing your OP to add a note about these replies (7, 9 and 12) with the highplainsdem Dec 6 #13

Will do. Swede Dec 6 #14

Thanks! highplainsdem Dec 6 #15

Socrates: The unexamined life is not worth living. ananda Dec 6 #10

The post is consistent with jesus teachings. Karadeniz Dec 6 #17