Do you agree that knowledge can be used to make harmful things?
Yes, i can in some cases but the cases in which it is used for harmless things outweigh the opposite. Everything in the world came as a result of knowledge being put to use. This platform is a result of technological knowledge namely
Besides, as i said, it is people with wrong mindsets and malicious intentions that twist knowledge in order to create harmful things. It is only people that possess these qualities that make them and they're about 1% of the whole population.
School didn't make them the sick-twisted people they are and neither did it teach anyone how to make harmful things. For example, it doesn't use chemistry and physics to teach us how to make bombs and guns.
It basically says: "I'll provide you a variety of resources and it is up to you if you choose to make good or bad out of them"
It never is the school's fault. Infact, when a student uses a gun or smth dangerous, the student isn't congratulated by the schools, it is expelled since this type of behavior isn't tolerated in school.
School is a healthy place where you go and learn, you also make friendships along the way
It wouldn't work if we didn't have schools because to gain knowledge we would all have to be homeschooled and this is not possible.
Some families can't pay for this type of private education but the students also miss out on so much: They miss out on friendship, they miss out on experiences you can only get from school, like performing an experiment in chemistry or playing hide n'seek at recess with their schoolfriends.
Do you want to sacrifice all this just because some people don't use school for the right reasons? What about the students that actually do?
You want to condemn all these people to a dull, dystopic and yet costly learning experience?
You talk about how knowledge harms humanity but do you actually care about humanity by depriving it of so many things?
Or do you want us all to be dumb and unknowledgeable so that the world stops evolving and we actually regress to primal ages?
I haven't read many debates and you seem to debate on topics I am interested in.
We can agree at that.
Okay, I guess we can leave it at that. Its okay if you disagree with me. I just dont see how I am the only person you disagree with, but maybe I am missing something.
Anyway, person can be both good and evil. I dont think its beneficial to be completely good. Its best to be both good and evil.
Did you read what I said at all? I’m not restating myself as it would be the third or fourth time, but I suggest you go reread my reasons on why someone can be evil even without knowledge.
And again, I’m not stalking you. The world doesn’t revolve around you. I don’t care if you know black magic because I don’t believe in it. Just because you’re the only person I’ve messaged doesn’t mean that I’m stalking you. The only reasons you’re the only person I’ve messaged is because I just made my account yesterday, and because you’re simply the only person I disagree with at the moment.
"One can be evil without knowledge"
No, you cant be evil without knowledge, since without knowledge, it is not possible to choose nor want to do something, thus being evil is impossible.
Also, you should probably talk to people other than me. I really dont like when people stalk me. I must warn you that I have great knowledge in the arts of black magic.
One can be evil without knowledge, they will just be unaware that they’re being evil.
One with knowledge knows they are evil, and that’s not entirely the schools fault. It’s the person’s fault for being evil in the first place. The reason they are evil could be parents, bullies, siblings, or other things. Being educated is not a bad thing.
If someone is evil and uses knowledge from school to execute any cruel activities, then it’s not the school’s fault, it’s the person’s fault for being evil.
And as for you being the only person I have interacted with, I just made an account yesterday and have only interacted with you twice. That’s not a crazy amount, and I can’t participate in rated debates, so I just comment. Assuming I am stalking you because of that is selfish. The world doesn’t revolve around you.
If person refuses to learn anything, then he cannot be evil since he wont have any knowledge. To be evil requires knowledge.
But schools give knowledge which is used for evil, so schools should be abolished.
Also, I notice that I am the only person you talk to on this site. Is everyone else boring or are you a stalker?
Refusing to learn and learning can both enable people to be evil.
If one doesn't learn, then they don't know what evil is and they don't know whether they're being evil or not because they chose not to learn.
If one does learn what being evil is and chooses to be evil using the knowledge they gained from school, that doesn't make the school the bad one, it makes that person evil, not the school.
So since refusing to learn isnt evil, and knowledge enables people to be evil, we can say that schools should be abolished.
I never said that refusing to learn anything makes you evil. Refusing to learn isn't evil, it's just stupid.
Why would you want to live your life as an idiot when you could get an education?
My point is that schools shouldn't be abolished because the knowledge from them is the reason many people are alive to this day.
Okay, so since helping others is not moral duty, then nothing makes you evil if you refuse to learn anything.
Of course, it's not a duty, not everyone works in the medical field.
But without knowledge, it would be impossible for anyone to care for people with illnesses or help anyone in general.
So yes, it's not a duty for people to help others because that's not what everyone wants to do, but some people need help, and without knowledge, there's no way to get care.
All jobs require some knowledge that is provided by school.
Without school, there is no knowledge. Without knowledge, there is nothing.
Thats irrelevant, as people have no moral duty to heal others.
"Without knowledge, there is no way to use it for harm."
There's no way to heal without knowledge either.
"Pro didn't counter any of pros points"
Sorry, I forgot to counter my own points lol