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to mind at a moments notice. One is my sig line and the other, one I'll never forget, is, I think, attributed to various people. The author is speaking about Mankind and he says, "We have become very clever, but not yet wise." I think that is so, so, true.
We have become so clever with our military technology that we now have the ability to destroy ourselves. It's my opinion that we are in no way wise enough to have these toys. We're like 6yr. olds with BB guns. Will we destroy ourselves? Who knows? If we blast civilization to hell there will probably be some survivors. They can start the process over again, and maybe, again, and again.
On an evolutionary scale, I'd say our species has only just recently managed to crawl out of the mud. It's anybody's guess as to whether we'll make it in the long run. Maybe, eventually, our wisdom will match our cleverness.
You've heard this before, I'm sure. Someone described the army by saying "we kill people and break things." I guess that is the very basic definition of an army. It's hard to deny that is the primary function. It's also hard to imagine a wise people having much use for such a thing.
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