A Complete Waste of Space

This HH guy is so disturbed it's barely even funny anymore.

"Conservatism" means you do NOT change what has proven to work.

Barfly wrote:"Conservatism" means you do NOT change what has proven to work.

and, when times change, you do what, exactly? Falling back on 'what has proven to work' for 18th century
America(as many 'conservatives' suggest) is close to idiotic.

Human nature does not change with the times.

Barfly wrote:Human nature does not change with the times.

arguable, actually. What can be proven is that economic realities, technology, knowledge
and morality all DO change with the times. Your point is?

Barfly wrote:Human nature does not change with the times.

I agree. On certain levels.

callmeslick wrote:What can be proven is that economic realities, technology, knowledge
and morality all DO change with the times.

That is an indirect parallel and cannot be proven.
Economic realities, technology, knowledge and morality exist within the moment, and are driven by the very fact that that human nature is more of a constant than an inconstant.

Well let the feds take it over, it would make an awesome urban training environment. And whats with all the books left at the schools and libraries and there is a distinct lake of lighting fixtures i wonder if the copper pipe is still aboot

Barfly has it down....

Really, human nature is no different now, than at other times in history.
There ain't nuthin new to discover about it. Though, somethings?
Need to be re-discovered..in a hurry....

Here's why I said it is arguable that human nature is unchanged through time: Definitions of what 'human nature' consist of vary widely. Sure, certain traits are pretty much constant, within some variation and clearcut gender differences. But, a lot of what gets called 'human nature' can be clearly shown to relate to the culture in which one is brought up.

callmeslick wrote:Here's why I said it is arguable that human nature is unchanged through time: Definitions of what 'human nature' consist of vary widely. Sure, certain traits are pretty much constant, within some variation and clearcut gender differences. But, a lot of what gets called 'human nature' can be clearly shown to relate to the culture in which one is brought up.

That's agreeable to me.......