Re:Ego depletion theory may have been debunked
by Retra on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:47PM
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Here's how I console myself: if those old obstinate fools are actually poor leaders, they will make worse decisions as a result, and thus not be as effective at marginalizing error as they should be, so they will be unable to avoid the unforeseen things that will get them killed.
That's normal science at work. Old sages are biased, like everybody else. Fortunately, they are mortal too [1], and science keeps moving forward 'one funeral at a time', as the saying goes.
The problem is with people who want to substitute faith in the Divine Providence of God, with faith in the (eventual) Unfailibility of Science. We are just a bunch of social primates, after all. We were never meant to peek into the Deep Mysteries of Existence, anyways... which does not mean we cannot use our relatively advanced intelects to figure out a bunch of clever and useful tricks.
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[1] Something that is nightmare fuel to me is that one day we are going to stumble upon some serious life extending technology, and then we will all end up under the thumb of a bunch of ancient, obstinated fools who cannot/won't accept the limits of their own leadership skills.