User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/The Inapposite and Superfluous Philosophical Enigmas of Jeremiah Garland/@comment-3242795-20130606171614


 * 1) Not answering.
 * 2) Humans are born selfish. We're taught to care for others.  Humans will always aim for self-gain, except in very isolated circumstances.
 * 3) Utopia will not exist as long as there are physical leaders in the world. Ultimately, a self-independent community without leadership would be an ideal utopia.
 * 4) This will require several answers. I believe they're made to stress both the community and the individual, attempting not to devalue one or the other.
 * 5) Religion - To explain what could not be explained by science previously.
 * 6) Government - The need for a distinguished leadership in rapidly growing societies.
 * 7) Economy - Economies were established as ways of "fair trade," so people could own things personally, but still interact with the community.
 * 8) Language - Language was developed to speak to people in your communities. Why we have not conformed to one language is beyond me, but it seems that English has become universally spoken.
 * 9) Property - A way of reward for people who worked hard, basically.
 * 10) Notorious doings are more easily remembered because they will affect people differently than, say, picking up a pen for them if they dropped it.
 * 11) That's interesting. I believe it's both.
 * 12) Anything can be art if the desire is there.
 * 13) Rational knowledge. Some of the greatest people in the world have been deaf, mute, blind, or suffer from some physical ailment that limits their empirical knowledge.
 * 14) It depends on the situation. I am a pessimist because I'm never disappointed, only pleasantly surprised.  That doesn't mean I don't try my best, though.  I tell myself I'm going to fail so I can prove myself wrong.
 * 15) I don't know, but /r/gore is pretty nice to look at.