Julf wrote: > "We are not genetically equipped to think logically or scientifically; > such thinking is a very recent tool of our species that must be learned > and, with great effort, overwritten. Furthermore, its likely that we > are programmed to identify and replicate the behavior of others, rather > than think independently, and independent thought may actually cause > emotional distress."
That is one part of it - the other is that we live in a society increasingly dependent on technology, but with a very small, and decreasing, percentage of us being able to actually understand it. It does seem Clarke's third law applies - "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". So if you don't understand the technology, you think of it as magic - and what is the difference between a magic shiny translucent iThingamajig that transfers music from thousands of miles away in a millisecond, and fairies riding unicorns at that point? "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842
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