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		diego_moita 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Tyrrany of Literacy. On oral tradition and wha... And that is a double win, right? Superstitions should never be considered "knowledge", the same way that stupidity is not intelligence and noise is not information.

IAmBroom 5 months ago [–]

You believe that literacy prevents superstition? I live in a country where millions of literate people post their beliefs in horse worm treatments curing COVID.

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