(#5259) The civilized world is a knowledgeable world, the rest not so much...

      Interspersed throughout all our societies are pockets of those who will not educate themselves beyond their favorite bigotries. They lean into the dumbfounded followings of those who appeal to their prejudices and hatreds. So instead of improving their lives within our societies they choose to deny the existence of intelligence in favor of myth and superstition filled with conspiracies. They find the conmen/women who feed them the Pablum of the absurd and the conmen/women find that dumbing them down even further profits them greatly. The rest of us are left with the skid marks of their illogic and the chaos that creates on our information highways.
     The rest of us understand that logic/common sense are the path forward and that information with factual foundations are the building blocks of evolving into new equations/paradigms of truths. We evolve as a species because we are curious and have an organized approach to learning. We put in the work to learn and thus increase our own knowledge base. Those who don't are lazy and quitters when it comes to advancing their own possible perspectives. They find a false comfort in being uninformed as if it is a prize they win every time. What in actuality it is, is a lessening of their ability to contribute to our species in any way at all. In fact it is a detriment to our species and drags us backwards all to often.
     It doesn't matter what age a person is when they decide they want to be factually informed. As long as the motivation is there learning is a come one come all opportunity. Getting out of old habits of prejudice and hatred is easy when considering the alternative. Choosing anger over happiness is not the choice of a healthy mind. It is the choice of a mind that is inflicted with a deficiency that should seek help if necessary to alter and correct it. Choosing happiness is the choice of a healthy mind and living in happiness with an outlook that inspires, creates opportunities that are appreciated and welcome.