"Carl"  wrote in message
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> "AaronJB"  wrote in message
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> > On Apr 21, 6:48 pm, "Carl"  wrote:
> >> The most disturbing part of that is that people like to get vile and
> >> demeaning at all.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm just jaded and cynical beyond my years, but to me that
> > just sums up most of human nature - and certainly a large section of
> > the population as a whole.
> >
> > We are, after all, little but violent aggressive apes who've learned
> > how to use tools - and just look at the multitude of weapons we've
> > invented to use with our opposable thumbs.
> >
>
> Hmmm.
>
> Technological advances are often mistaken as a measure of how our species
> has advanced.
>
> Is there any reason to believ that people have gotten better over time?
Are
> people better now than they were ... 100 years ago? 1000 years ago?

Yes, I think so.

>
> Is there any reason to believe that people will get better over time?

Yes, I think so.

Dennis


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