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why not just a free open thinking, unfettered facts and real history. I'd settle for that. Its not a philosophical thing.

funnily enough vast knowledge leading to insanity is the same logic as more energy leads to the planet's destruction.

Its a mental cage your student friend was promoting. An entirely false premise and kinda lame for anyone else who wants to live a full existance or wants a better life for their kids, but beneficial for a ruling power hoping to restrain its subjects.