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Knowledge is its own reward. Understanding is the

Posted on: January 3, 2019 at 12:14:48 CT
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Why do some people take elizabethan literature in college? What good does it do, what is the point of pursuing knowledge if it has no immediate and practical purpose?

Why do some people ponder the stars the heavens and the mysteries of the human condition?

(Freudian typo, the above sentence was originally misspelled as the "hyman condition.")
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Below, meat asked what the open and honest discussion would - hokie VT - 1/3 12:01:40
     Yeah we get it- you're a racist - JG MU - 1/3 12:38:59
          ^^^ Joins the vast mob who have no idea what "racist" means(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 1/3 13:02:28
               Libs don't need to know what it is, they just need to know - hokie VT - 1/3 13:12:06
                    RE: Libs don't need to know what it is, they just need to know - JG MU - 1/3 13:23:47
                         Make stuff up, assign to an opposing opinion maker and you - hokie VT - 1/3 13:26:20
                              What name did I call you? - JG MU - 1/3 14:12:12
               We know you are a racist GAT - JG MU - 1/3 13:09:00
     if someone were to compare skills and intellect of races - El-ahrairah BAMA - 1/3 12:15:30
          An open and honest discussion on race from areola. nm - hokie VT - 1/3 12:20:36
     you ran away when you were asked to define or identify race - pickle MU - 1/3 12:09:45
          he did and will do so again, choosing to simply restate - 90Tiger MU - 1/3 12:17:12
               Does it trouble you at all to be on the same page as - hokie VT - 1/3 12:19:48
                    Now, what is RACE? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 1/3 12:35:13
                    pickle and I are on the same page on the majority of - 90Tiger MU - 1/3 12:34:45
                    90 and Pickle are on the same page many times - meatiger MU - 1/3 12:29:39
                    Be an adult, hokie, and tell me your issue - pickle MU - 1/3 12:22:04
     What's the point in establishing these things? - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:09:36
          So that one can point to a group as being inferior - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/3 12:41:17
               Hokie's been barking at people for not answering questions - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:42:22
                    I'm pretty sure that his subtext - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/3 12:49:42
                         Immigration control, targeted policing, and targeted public - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:50:49
          Knowledge is its own reward. Understanding is the - hokie VT - 1/3 12:14:48
               Okay, so you're not suggesting any policies based on - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:16:42
                    I believe i answered and will do so again. The answer is - hokie VT - 1/3 13:16:12
          to feel superior. to be a collectivist. to establish "other" - pickle MU - 1/3 12:10:12
     people are all different, race is a social, not biological - 90Tiger MU - 1/3 12:03:51
          Sorry that you fail to understand and no one has yet - hokie VT - 1/3 12:11:12
               wow - meatiger MU - 1/3 12:26:41
                    So only racists believe EVERY STUDY that lists the - hokie VT - 1/3 12:32:00
                         Yes..that is a racist statement - meatiger MU - 1/3 12:36:07
                              So you believe that all races are EXACTLY THE SAME, in - hokie VT - 1/3 12:45:14
                                   Can we start by agreeing that humans are different than - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:49:46
                                        OK. Now, was my question too difficult? nm - hokie VT - 1/3 13:18:25
                                             What is race? Why won't you answer that question? (nm) - pickle MU - 1/3 13:22:08
                                   It is impossible to tell - meatiger MU - 1/3 12:48:57
               this might help explain what a social construct is - cnk ATL - 1/3 12:20:44
                    What a load of crap. Would a tree exist if we didn't call - hokie VT - 1/3 12:29:58
                         you know what tangible and abstract are, don't you? (nm) - pickle MU - 1/3 12:48:32
                         The tree is a really bad example - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:39:18
                              that's a better way to put it, than I did below(nm) - cnk ATL - 1/3 12:40:28
                                   I was about to say the same for you - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:41:36
                                        down low?(nm) - cnk ATL - 1/3 12:42:10
                                             Up top, down low - ummmm MU - 1/3 12:44:44
                                                  **** yes(nm) - cnk ATL - 1/3 12:46:17
                         language, by and large, is an example of a social construct - cnk ATL - 1/3 12:38:23
                         you calling people sheep..oh the irony(nm) - meatiger MU - 1/3 12:31:10
                              Good post. The pickle does that too. Says "ironic" when - hokie VT - 1/3 12:32:48
                                   no, he does it when someone writes something ironic. - 90Tiger MU - 1/3 12:44:00
               Yes, that is an example of racism - pickle MU - 1/3 12:20:15
               RE: Sorry that you fail to understand and no one has yet - 90Tiger MU - 1/3 12:13:45
                    I dunno much about 1,000 years from now. And you answered - hokie VT - 1/3 12:18:50
                         godDAMN the irony and lack of self-awareness (nm) - pickle MU - 1/3 12:39:41
                         "how it applies here" is that you haven't established a - 90Tiger MU - 1/3 12:19:51
                              You answered a question with a question. Cowardly. nm - hokie VT - 1/3 12:21:15
                                   lol hokie (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 1/3 12:31:32




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