Quote from: ColdHardMetal on July 10, 2012, 11:27:29 AM

Quote from: Vladimir on July 10, 2012, 10:19:36 AM

Indeed it seems Bitcoin somehow very often intuitively disturbs many people. It often inspires modern day Luddism.

It's true. There's some kind of visceral response to the concept that I just don't really understand.

It all boils down to people and their ability to think. Thinking correctly is not something we are born with but is taught by parents, family, friends, teachers, gurus, ect. And unfortunately most people "learned" the most about thinking in public school where a lot of mere opinions disguised as facts were shoved down their throats and demanded to be regurgitated instead of actually shown how and more specifically with which correct thought processes they were derived by. Few people learned to think correctly is what I'm trying to say and it shows when they encounter complex problems of which economics is arguably the most complex of all sciences if it can be even called that.

Plus, never forget the human nature of looking to authority for correct answers and we all know what and how they think..

But this isn't really a problem. Just like teaching people that the Earth is not the center of the universe and being scorned for it couldn't stop the truth from being eventually learned by everyone so too the truth about what makes money a good money will eventually be learned by everyone. If not for theoretical reasons it will certainly happen for practical reasons.

Count yourselves lucky you learned to think properly so you wont need to learn the hard way why we are right. Wink