The worst idea Mankind ever had?
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Paul Tibbets would like to thoroughly disagree with you.Adam Jenson said:
I don't quite understand how they do that but I sort of imagine the aliens trip going something like this:TheMatt said:
"We're trying to get to Earth, do you know how to get there?"
"Yeah, yeah, just go 49038823908498953048590834058903 miles in that direction, look for the galaxy with the planets in it. Well...that's an awful way to narrow it down. Just look for the blue and green planet in the "milky way" galaxy with all the morons on it. you'll be right there."
"Oh thanks!"
*Drives away*
"....I f**king hate tourists."
There has never, throughout the whole of human existence, ever been an idea not worth trying. Where the concept of a "bad idea" comes into play is at the point of the game where the inclusion of the idea ends up detrementally effecting the lives/livlihoods of those who bear the weight of the consequences. Example: an ancient Chinese dynasty was overthrown by eunichs (dude, I'd be pissed too), and when Chinas premier explorer returned with information about the outside world, the now in charge eunichs dismantled his ships stating that his treks into the soon to be known were a waste of money.
Using the ships for timber to build infrastructure, saving the money to spend it on internal needs, etc, are NOT bad ideas. It was, however, remarkably short-sighted, as the Chinese would have had a major head start on colonization over the Europeans, and odds are we'd be China right now.
Point is, the dumb things that humanity does cannot be judged as a "what", but most certainly the "how", "when", "where", and "why". Nukes are not a bad idea. The effects they have over the world now are born from bad ideas on how to handle them. Religion is not a bad idea, but plenty of bad ideas have been born original concept of religion. The Wheel is a great idea, until you're one of the unfortunates who had your limbd threaded through the spokes and then systematically broken. "Peace" rocks. "Peace through superior fire power"...less so.
The glass is only interesting because it has something in it, and therefore ideas cannot be all bad as we humans live for our brains to decipher the meaning of them.
Using the ships for timber to build infrastructure, saving the money to spend it on internal needs, etc, are NOT bad ideas. It was, however, remarkably short-sighted, as the Chinese would have had a major head start on colonization over the Europeans, and odds are we'd be China right now.
Point is, the dumb things that humanity does cannot be judged as a "what", but most certainly the "how", "when", "where", and "why". Nukes are not a bad idea. The effects they have over the world now are born from bad ideas on how to handle them. Religion is not a bad idea, but plenty of bad ideas have been born original concept of religion. The Wheel is a great idea, until you're one of the unfortunates who had your limbd threaded through the spokes and then systematically broken. "Peace" rocks. "Peace through superior fire power"...less so.
The glass is only interesting because it has something in it, and therefore ideas cannot be all bad as we humans live for our brains to decipher the meaning of them.
Here you go...Haxordude said:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm
Superb post, the likes of which is sadly becoming rare in these parts. Case in point...Samoftherocks said:
Yes it has. Time and again by kids who have taken up with the current fad of trying to tear down religions. Read [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/18.93880.1461976].Guitarmasterx7 said:
the worst idea humanity has ever spawned was a poem, which incidentally was also the worst bit of poetry in the universe. The very worst poetry in the universe was written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex. Thankfully it was destroyed when the earth was.
