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Originally posted by Grothendieck
I know. But I think I can defend it. Maybe you would care to argue against my claim?
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I'm really feeling lazy right now, so here's a short response. How do you know if something is the "best possible" situation? Are you talking about social darwinism? Is the population of poor people in the world best for you or for them? Or maybe you're just talking about social issues. The status quo in that case never seems to last very long and I don't se any sort of logical progression. If we were having this conversation when slave trade was the norm, you could say "the status quo has developed into a best possible situation." You would be wrong. Right now, you say that, and people in the future may scoff at that remark. The curren status quo always seems the best possible bacause if you though it wasn't, it would make you look at glaring flaws in the way we live. It's more comfortable to think that we are right in all matters.