What's it called when you assume everything old is good and everything new is bad, rather than judging everything on its merits and keeping the good old while replacing the bad old with the good new?
I believe that second one is called civilization, and a lot of you return to monke folks really seem to enjoy partaking of the fruits of civilization.
By that logic, we should never have tried penicillin, since it was new, and kept on taking tinctures of lead and arsenic to treat imbalances of the humors, since that took a while to kill you and no one ever really connected the dots.
Ancestors: Women shouldn't vote
Modern Human: Women should vote
Do you see the problem? Our ancestors weren't stupid.
What's it called when you assume everything new is good and everything old is bad?
Oh yeah, progressivism...
What's it called when you assume everything old is good and everything new is bad, rather than judging everything on its merits and keeping the good old while replacing the bad old with the good new?
I believe that second one is called civilization, and a lot of you return to monke folks really seem to enjoy partaking of the fruits of civilization.
In a vacuum, old IS better than new, because if you know nothing else, the old hasn't killed you yet while the new might.
By that logic, we should never have tried penicillin, since it was new, and kept on taking tinctures of lead and arsenic to treat imbalances of the humors, since that took a while to kill you and no one ever really connected the dots.