tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post1199907132311217365..comments2024-01-18T07:59:31.728-08:00Comments on The Second Son: Yeridos hadorosG*3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-7505534368048238942017-06-28T22:14:57.016-07:002017-06-28T22:14:57.016-07:00And it all starts with finding hidden meanings, ne...And it all starts with finding hidden meanings, new laws, fanciful reconciliations in the Torah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-47221351979042865452017-06-11T14:56:27.161-07:002017-06-11T14:56:27.161-07:00Definitely a point. T remember when I was studying...Definitely a point. T remember when I was studying English in school we spent many days analysing a poem called "flag", and finding ever deeper insights into the intricate meanings of the poem. <br /><br />Then the poet visited the school, and we asked him whether he meant any of this. He just laughed, and said no, but write it in the exam and you'll get full marks. <br /><br />Given that nobody is ever allowed to assume a dead rabbi is wrong, you can imagine how much this affect is multiplied. <br /><br />Another aspect is that people are naturally nostalgic. We all pine bask to the 'good old days' when everything was perfect. And so extending further back, if things were perfect when we were 6 thirty years ago,imagine how perfect they must have been 300 years ago, or 3000 ago. <br /><br />Another aspect to consider is survivorship bias. We interact with people all the time, and hear their views whether or not their views are worth listening to. But if we come across the opinions of someone who lived hundreds of years ago, his views must have been compelling enough to survive the test of time. Thus we naturally form a bias that people from the past were all intelligent. <br /><br />I can think of quite a few other biases at play to produce the yeridos hadoros myth, but i think this comment has gone on long enough as it is. Yavoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583055822802638985noreply@blogger.com