My sister has read huge amounts of classical literature and philosophy

[kathisterima]

what's your sister's occupation? is she a student?

she's a vet

No amount of universal education or societal "enlightenment" will change the fact that 99%+ of people will be insentient drones. An illiterate malnourished medieval serf or peasant is functionally no different from a highly educated yuppie that went to a good uni and has a well-paying job. The proportion of people who are that way is the same now as it ever has been, and will ever be.

There's nothing inherently wrong with that though. The fact is that everyone adopts the beliefs of whatever is passed down from their ancestors, and whatever society they live in. I think awareness is less a function of intelligence than it is of the circumstance of being apart from that.

yeah, I agree. Good point.