ignorance as the root of all evil?

[Tay]

(just a bit of light humour)

No.  Ignorance or money is not the root of all evil.

Girls are.

And here's the proof.



(prepares to be lynched)

[Dennis]

The only error I see with that Tay is that really:

Girls = Time + Money
Time = Money
therefore
Girls = 2(Money)

Which blows the whole thing out of the water

Dennis

[Tay]

Well, a relationship with a girl seems to be the product of time and money and if I remember my crappy math classes well enough, product is something X something, yes?

[Dennis]

Good point, Tay. Original proof works. I was thinking of "Time and Money", but product of works too.

Dennis

[Melissa]

(just a bit of light humour)

No.  Ignorance or money is not the root of all evil.

Girls are.

And here's the proof.



(prepares to be lynched)

Ah, but if:

Ignorance or money is not the root of all evil.

Girls are.

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Then you state money ≠ √evil, so that throws your whole proof off.


On the more serious side, ignorance is only one of the roots of evil, the other is fear.  Take a look at this article on the subject: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/bigotry-ignorance-and-fear.html 🔗

[NatalieC]

God I love being Evil. There you go Ive contradicted myself! Yeah we girls can be really evil if you dont treat us right. I want money...Thats what I want. No good having money without love though!

[Tay]

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Then you state money ≠ √evil, so that throws your whole proof off.

Ah, but I meant it in the sense that there was a more pure form.

[Melissa]

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Then you state money ≠ √evil, so that throws your whole proof off.

Ah, but I meant it in the sense that there was a more pure form.

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Ah, but you already stated that girls = √evil, so they cannot also equal evil.

[Dennis]

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Then you state money ≠ √evil, so that throws your whole proof off.

Ah, but I meant it in the sense that there was a more pure form.

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Ah, but you already stated that girls = √evil, so they cannot also equal evil.

Unless evil = 1

Dennis

[Melissa]

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Then you state money ≠ √evil, so that throws your whole proof off.

Ah, but I meant it in the sense that there was a more pure form.

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Ah, but you already stated that girls = √evil, so they cannot also equal evil.

Unless evil = 1

Dennis

Ah, but evil is a negative influence, so evil = -1
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Since evil = -1 and girls = √evil, we can conclude that girls = √-1
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Mathmatically, √-1 is an imaginary number, so that makes the presumption that girls = evil to be completely imaginary.

See, I *can* use the same kind of logic as well. 

[Jessica]

OMG Girls are Imaginary!

*face slap*
*sigh*

Jessica

[cindianna_jones]

OMG Girls are Imaginary!

*face slap*
*sigh*

Jessica

No I'm not!  I'm real!

Cindi

[LostInTime]

Ha! What would you all know about being evil? I know evil and embrace evil and just have to say:

"You're semi-evil. You're quasi-evil. You're the margarine of evil. You're the Diet Coke of evil. Just one calorie, not evil enough."

>

LIT, the good girl 

[Butterfly]

Yes and no. No matter how much you teach someone, there will always be a difference of opinion. And eventually these 'educated' people will lose thier tempers and fight against those they disagree with. It's human nature.

Ideally though, our problems could be solved...if we all were taught the same. And if we're all taught the same, then we all think the same...have you ever read Anthem by Ayn Rand? It shows what would happen if everyone was brought up with the exact same education. And that seems to be what you're implying.

While education does help destroy ignorance it also helps to open our eyes to our differences...but we're all taught differently from our experiences...which help us see how some things are unfair...which makes others angry and upset and causes them to hurt people. Yet if we would all be exactly equal...it would be worse. We would be mindless drones.

I like your questions, Katia.  🙂

[rhonda13000]

Not solely.

But ignorance does indeed kill, spiritually and physically.

Hosea 4:6, Proverbs 15:14, et al.

[katia]

I like your questions, Katia. 

i love your thorough answers too butterfly.

[Fer]

I think that maybe that mindset of "me me me" is the root of all evil. would that fall under selfishness or being self-serving? it causes us to turn a blind eye from others' needs. we would rarely do anything without thinking, what's in it for me? we never have enough, its always more more more. maybe its really just human nature to provide for one's self before others, but sometimes its just too much.

[The Middle Way]

I think that maybe that mindset of "me me me" is the root of all evil. would that fall under selfishness or being self-serving? it causes us to turn a blind eye from others' needs. we would rarely do anything without thinking, what's in it for me? we never have enough, its always more more more.

That is all ignorance, is it not?

Today I'm prepared to definitively say, YES. Ignorance is the root of all suffering, therefore of all evil.

Posted on: July 06, 2007, 10:05:30 AM

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Then you state money ≠ √evil, so that throws your whole proof off.

Ah, but I meant it in the sense that there was a more pure form.

A more pure form of money or evil?
Practically speaking: If Time = Money, and Space = a long long Time, The Bill Gates of the Universe could stand to profit mightily somehow. But if he gave half of it away, it might be a purer form of money and Not Evil.

N