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Long ago they taught Latin in high school for this very reason. And 100% of the conspiracy theorist people I know didn't finish high school. (3 so far)
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How does Latin help you think?
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It's no longer standard but it's still an elective subject in Australian high schools. https://hbu.edu/news-and-events/2018/09/15/you-should-take-latin-pragmatic-reasons-for-studying-a-dead-language/ "Latin will train your brain the same way that running and weightlifting will train your body. Latin is like a bench-press for your brain. It builds mental muscle and intellectual stamina that enables you to train your brain to learn other things." ---- Anyway... If people were taught how to think and reason they wouldn't be so quick to believe every hair brained theory on the internet. I recently had a conversation with a "truther" (who had not finished high school). We soon got to a point that no matter what I said to him he would reply: "Sky scrapers don't fall like that". I then asked him: "how often have we seen sky scrapers fall?" He had no answer.
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The primary point about Latin is it stays the same.
Things have to be said using a fixed set of rules. To convey meaning within these fixed rules in written text requires more effort. When writing an observation in Latin it requires breaking it down into Latin components. There is also a timelessness that comes with writing in a dead language. If upon one's tombstone it were to read. "Here lies a man that was a sick guitarist." That might mean several different things in English, and without knowing the man, the meaning would be lost. Last edited by Tervuren; 10-05-2021 at 04:43 AM.. |
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Latin is also the gateway language of science, which attempts to build upon logic and reason. Learn latin, and the language of science makes more sense. Biology terminology -Zoology, etc. is a great example. Same for medical terminology.
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Think I've posted this before.
It's a great read. https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analysis-of-qanon-580972548be5
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My conspiracy theory is that all Conspiracy theories are false. They are devised to keep us from finding out the truth! Yeah, a group of people are doing it to keep us in the dark. That's why I don't subscribe or believe in conspiracy theories.
Let that sink in!  Oh and Outer Space Aliens have never and will never visit earth. It is not scientifically possible. Speed of light, matter to energy at that point and the vast distance. Just not going to happen. BUT, I believe there are many planets with intelligent life out there. So how do we explain the "Ancient Alien" theory. Simple. What if there was an advanced and highly technical species, living hundreds of thousands or even millions of years ago on Earth. Maybe Human kind was as advanced as us and something catastrophic happened, putting us back to the stone age. Basically taking man to brink of extinction, but not quite. Maybe? Tin foil hat away! 
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One of the guys I worked with years ago, I suspect wore a tin foil hat at home. He honestly believed the most insane theories.
This was before the internet, so most of it came from the late night radio shows. My favorite is the the lizard people (extraterrestrials) that can shape shift and hide as humans, and they love to eat babies as a favorite snack. They have been elected to political office and run the judiciary, most of the supreme court are actually lizard people. They own most of the banks and control 90% of the wealth on the planet. He had spent real cash money of buying "papers" written by some of the voices on the radio that detailed it all.
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Damn long read. Well worth it.
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People should certainly learn Latin if they want to. But if they don't, they're still able to think critically, build brain muscle, etc. Learning Latin would not have helped your truther.
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I took 3 years of Latin in high school. I don't think it helped brain power any more than studying any other language. It was good for ancient history though. And somewhat fun playing with a dead language where certain modern words didn't exist.
We used to try to come up with the most modern expression that could be clearly written in Latin yet convey a modern meaning. A phrase like, "Let's go down to that rock house and get some crack" can still be expressed in Latin. Spending high school days coming up with that kind of crap didn't really merit a seat at the Algonquin Round Table.
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Some of the content in the foregoing possibly calls for the resurrection of another member’s post:
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