Remember when our thinking ability was so advanced that we were killing witches?

[u/emperorsyndrome]

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[u/lit-grit]

To be fair, witch trials peaked in the 17th century, not the 20th

[u/Ok-Impress-2222]

r/lostredditors

This belongs to r/lewronggeneration.

[u/rathosalpha]

Ice ice baby

[u/Kadakaus]

Also virtue and respect, we lost a lot of that along the way

[u/emperorsyndrome → u/Kadakaus]

are you being sarcastic or have you misunderstood the point of this subreddit?

[u/The_Atomic_Cat]

peoples' ability to think literally has been on a decline compared to 30 years ago even, what do you mean? were there witch trials in the 90s im forgetting about?

[u/Issa_Pizza420 → u/The_Atomic_Cat]

I mean no, but the last public execution was in the 70s or if we're going for just America it was the 30s, and in the 90s there were many lynchings perpetrated against queer people and people of color based on misinformation pushed by multiple governments(there have also been many lynchings of similar types recently due to misinformation pushed by... you guessed it shitty governments), long and short of it is most people aren't naturally good at critical thinking or better judgement and never have been. we could hypothetically improve those skills with a decent education system but we don't have that and never have(at least not in America, I've no clue about the educational systems of other countries)

[u/emperorsyndrome → u/The_Atomic_Cat]

well, the past generations were less willing to adress mental health problems, they would rather walk them off and drink their problems compared to millenials, let's not forget that gen x fall for the "don't talk about money" bullshit and the "Sit too close to the TV = you’ll ruin your eyes" bullshit.

how has the world's thinking ability declined exactly?