Things I Don’t Know
I was thinking about some things I don’t know.
I’m confident humanity is better off with less plastic in the ocean, litter on the ground, and PFAS in our blood, but I don’t know:
When a human sperm and egg become an independent human life the law should protect
The optimal number of and amount of access to guns for self-defense, to protect against government overreach, to defend a community, and to avoid unnecessary and accidental deaths
The right level of taxes to balance motivating innovation and funding government services but not taking too much from people
An ironclad way to define male, female, and variations thereof
How much addicted people (adults) should be treated as diseased versus criminally liable when they hurt others for their addictions
What mix of levels of government should manage an educational system
How to define racism or sexism
How much inheritance should be taxed
If Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were more atheist or religious
If burritos, hot dogs, and tacos are like sandwiches, let alone sushi
The optimum level of a welfare social safety net
The optimum level of military to keep peace without overtaxing taxpayers or enabling tyranny
What blind spots I have
What consciousness is or if it transcends known physics
How or why the universe began or exists
I’ll post more things I don’t know as I come up with them.
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