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Scientists once more make me wonder why we worship the science profession as we do.\u00a0 A civilization weaned on the glories of self focus and radical individualism is dying.\u00a0 Marriage rates are down.\u00a0 Birth rates are down.\u00a0 And we\u2019re on our way out.\u00a0 Everyone knows it and admits it.\u00a0 But there are still those who appeal to our basest, most animal instincts for pure self.\u00a0 Not content with the age old talk show psychobabble that has assured generations of couples that they owe it to themselves to put their marriage above all other priorities, researchers now realize that\u2019s not enough.\u00a0 Focusing on a marriage is still including someone else.\u00a0 No, their \u2018research\u2019 (and boy do I use that<\/em> term lightly) now\u00a0shows<\/a> that a person has to put himself or herself above all other things, including the spouse. Only by focusing on self above all things can true happiness then swing around and lead to happier marriages.\u00a0 Of course those silly fools who stay married for such quaint reasons as religion or children fly in the face of human=animal morality that so many scientists pedal in.\u00a0 That many who live according to such standards may not have as happy marriage is likely because those who focus on self make up the bulk of divorce rates, and therefore aren\u2019t in \u2018unhappy\u2019 marriages.\u00a0 It\u2019s a circular form of logic that tells people what they want to hear, all\u00a0compliments of folks with lab coats that makes them smarter than everyone else.\u00a0 It is a delicious scientific discovery:\u00a0 focus on yourself above all things, and there you will find true happiness.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lie we\u2019ve been peddling for generations to a society that has accepted it to the damnation of its posterity.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scientists once more make me wonder why we worship the science profession as we do.\u00a0 A civilization weaned on the glories of self focus and radical individualism is dying.\u00a0 Marriage rates are down.\u00a0 Birth rates are down.\u00a0 And we\u2019re on our way out.\u00a0 Everyone knows it and admits it.\u00a0 But there are still those who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nScientists advise: More Narcissism!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Scientists once more make me wonder why we worship the science profession as we do.  A civilization weaned on the glories of self focus and radical\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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