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by nraynaud 2653 days ago
I have recently come to a very inconfortable truth (I mean it was always there, but it hit my brain recently): we owe the Enlightenment to useless parasites. Nobility and monks whose free time allowed them to tinker and pursue intellectual curiosity.
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And yet you use the phrase "useless parasites". Keep meditating!