That people do not value as the sole terminal goal is obvious by the high number of people unwilling to wirebrain themselves, that is to place their brain into a mechanical and chemical device that provides with the maximum pleasure biochemistry allows.
As members of this site like to forget: Homo Sapiens is not a rational species but a product of evolution and thus only a program that runs its course.
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