The remarkable history of the creation of the myth of the diamond

**orpheus** · April 26th, 2012, 08:16 PM

That woman who wears diamonds on the soles of her shoes doesn't seem so crazy now, eh?

**USCKingsFan31** · April 26th, 2012, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay

This goes right up there with Coke and religion and a million other things where everybody on the planet can all agree that something is stupid and idiotic and we all just go "ehh... but my neighbor.... " and then continue right on ahead with our idiocy.

The comparison of creating/maintaining the myth of the value of diamonds and creating/maintaining the myth of religion made sense to me.

But what do these two things have to do with Coca Cola? How is Coke "stupid and idiotic"?

**Dr. Naysay** · April 26th, 2012, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by USCKingsFan31

The comparison of creating/maintaining the myth of the value of diamonds and creating/maintaining the myth of religion made sense to me.

But what do these two things have to do with Coca Cola? How is Coke "stupid and idiotic"?

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**USCKingsFan31** · April 26th, 2012, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay

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Ah.

I still think convincing people that a worthless rock is priceless or that a man is the son of God and was resurrected (or people walked through the desert for 40 years, or whatever other crazy religion story) is true is a totally different level than convincing people that one soda tastes better than another is.

**Dr. Naysay** · April 26th, 2012, 09:18 PM

Sure... I'm just sayin'... people believe all kinds of stuff just because they hear it repeated over and over and over.

**geogirl** · April 26th, 2012, 09:26 PM

The only cool thing about diamonds is that they are the hardest mineral. They represent a 10 on the hardness scale. Other than that, they are just highly compressed, metamorphosed, and altered fragments of organic material which was likely either rotting vegetation, animal carcass, or...dinosaur poo.