Aurelius@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?message-squaremessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down14
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?Aurelius@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-squaregapbetweenus@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoAnd people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·9 months agoPeople are governed/motivated by self-interest.
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·8 months agoThat statement sounds an awful lot like … an idea.
minus-squaregapbetweenus@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoSo you don’t have ideas in your head about the world that affect how you interact with the world? Might be true for you, but I would say it’s not an universal experience. Also I don’t say it’s juts ideas but ideas are part of our psychology.
And people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
People are governed/motivated by self-interest.
That statement sounds an awful lot like … an idea.
So you don’t have ideas in your head about the world that affect how you interact with the world? Might be true for you, but I would say it’s not an universal experience. Also I don’t say it’s juts ideas but ideas are part of our psychology.