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		ogurechny on July 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why forgiving someone else is about you People considering a two thousand year old idea an original fresh take show how self-delusional the concept of “progress” and believing in being smarter than than brutes of the past are.

ben_w on July 31, 2020 [–]

Progress is a different thing to having an accurate model of what long-dead people thought.

I mean, it can even be hard to accurately model someone who you’re having a conversation with.

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