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Not knowing things is nice
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Hmm, never imagined myself being against that claim.
Some people say ignorance is bliss, I would say it isn't. For example, by learning engineering it made me loose my jewish faith... and I'm not complaining against it.
what's worse then knowing everything, being manipulated. for the first 18 years of my life, I've been manipulated to believe in something I never understood why. it was my hell.
So yea I'll take learning analysis, probability, ODEs, fourier series/transforms, any motherfucking day over being manipulated.
The Conservatives are right to worry about University. I mean faith leaders expect to loose biology majors, but when engineers are getting de-converted you've got a serious problem.
One of my best friends dad once told me that going to college makes you liberal. He's a crazy conservative, but I can't say he's wrong. Knowing more helps you realize how the world actually works and information your decisions based on grounded logic, but at the same time conservative vs liberal is an interesting take on college. Id phrase it more as "sane vs insane."