Most Powerful Human Trait?
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It varies from person to person. For some people, i think it could be stupidity. Stupidity and ignorance has started wars, and killed thousands of people. Curiousity, however, has made our civilization evolve. It has built cities, explored the seas, and looked deep into space. However, these cannot match up to (you guessed it!) love. Love is universal. There is a reference in virtually every country song about love, or something related closely to it. Love for a country has created turning points in a war, where when everything looked bleak, then glimmered witha ray of hope. Most people would probably say that the most iimportant moment in their life was their marriage day if they had one. They wouldnt say it was the day they got embarrassed in front of the whole school after they did something stupid, they wouldnt say that it was whenn they wondered how the cosmos were really created, they would most likely say something that refers to love. You gained, it, you lost it, you keep it... hehe this is just me being me lol.
Stupidity DOES come a very close second however hehe.
It varies from person to person. For some people, i think it could be stupidity. Stupidity and ignorance has started wars, and killed thousands of people. Curiousity, however, has made our civilization evolve. It has built cities, explored the seas, and looked deep into space. However, these cannot match up to (you guessed it!) love. Love is universal. There is a reference in virtually every country song about love, or something related closely to it. Love for a country has created turning points in a war, where when everything looked bleak, then glimmered witha ray of hope. Most people would probably say that the most iimportant moment in their life was their marriage day if they had one. They wouldnt say it was the day they got embarrassed in front of the whole school after they did something stupid, they wouldnt say that it was whenn they wondered how the cosmos were really created, they would most likely say something that refers to love. You gained, it, you lost it, you keep it... hehe this is just me being me lol.
Stupidity DOES come a very close second however hehe.
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Stupidity and ignorance has started wars, and killed thousands of people. Curiousity, however, has made our civilization evolve.
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Warfare also has lead to the evolution of civilization believe it or not. Most of the stuff we have today were the result of an idea thought up by the military such as the internet itself along with Radios are acouple examples i can think of right of the top of my head.
I would have to agree with Clockwood on the strongest trait. The will to survive (for the non-sucidal type) overcomes almost every emtion in times of danger.
Stupidity and ignorance has started wars, and killed thousands of people. Curiousity, however, has made our civilization evolve.
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Warfare also has lead to the evolution of civilization believe it or not. Most of the stuff we have today were the result of an idea thought up by the military such as the internet itself along with Radios are acouple examples i can think of right of the top of my head.
I would have to agree with Clockwood on the strongest trait. The will to survive (for the non-sucidal type) overcomes almost every emtion in times of danger.
What do you mean by powerful?
Do you mean which instinct (which is a better choice of word than "trait") is the most likely to overpower the others? The urge to procreate. The urge to fuck, basically.
Perhaps you mean which human trait creates the most (be it metaphysical, another human life or anything)? And that would be why you answered curiosity? Hmmmm. I'd say necessity to better. I'd say it is the human desire to constantly make our lives easier, simpler, faster and more brain-dead.
Do you mean which instinct (which is a better choice of word than "trait") is the most likely to overpower the others? The urge to procreate. The urge to fuck, basically.
Perhaps you mean which human trait creates the most (be it metaphysical, another human life or anything)? And that would be why you answered curiosity? Hmmmm. I'd say necessity to better. I'd say it is the human desire to constantly make our lives easier, simpler, faster and more brain-dead.
This really depends on what exactly you mean by 'power'. If you simply mean the greatest resulting effect of the trait, then Tyler is absolutely right - it's our will to survive and procreate - mostly the later.
If you're thinking in terms of the most emotionally 'overpowering' trait - it differs from person to person, so you can't really make an accurate generalization. The will to survive is perhaps the best guess - but I've known people that don't generally value there lives all that much. Personally, it would definitely be my will to survive - I think that my will to life is far above average at least, and that I would live to be a hundred on your typical deserted island situation - alone.
I wouldn't say 'hate' or 'anger' or 'love' because they are all reactionary emotional responses, in many cases not applicable. Nor would I call 'stupidity' a trait - it's relative of course. I wouldn't say that the most 'powerful' quality of chimps, afterall, is stupidity. Saying something like that, is, ofcourse sentiment.
So to make an all around generalization, I'll go with Tyler: the will to survive/procreate. Not many people would react against the norm in some situations. An average guy stranded on an island with a supermodel... ? Add in that she really dislikes you, makes for an interesting scenario.
I'm rambling.
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If you're thinking in terms of the most emotionally 'overpowering' trait - it differs from person to person, so you can't really make an accurate generalization. The will to survive is perhaps the best guess - but I've known people that don't generally value there lives all that much. Personally, it would definitely be my will to survive - I think that my will to life is far above average at least, and that I would live to be a hundred on your typical deserted island situation - alone.
I wouldn't say 'hate' or 'anger' or 'love' because they are all reactionary emotional responses, in many cases not applicable. Nor would I call 'stupidity' a trait - it's relative of course. I wouldn't say that the most 'powerful' quality of chimps, afterall, is stupidity. Saying something like that, is, ofcourse sentiment.
So to make an all around generalization, I'll go with Tyler: the will to survive/procreate. Not many people would react against the norm in some situations. An average guy stranded on an island with a supermodel... ? Add in that she really dislikes you, makes for an interesting scenario.
I'm rambling.
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Nebuchadnezzaar
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without a doubt it the ability to see weakness in others, that's one way of describing the trait, i cannot really describe it, but it's the most powerful and important trait one could hope to have learned/inherited(?).
The ability to see the weak is definately not a purely human trait, all mamals do it. The weakest animals in a herd are waay down in status.
Physical and emotional/mental weakness are pretty much the same thing in humans. Either way the weak usualy get stepped over used and left out in society.
Physical and emotional/mental weakness are pretty much the same thing in humans. Either way the weak usualy get stepped over used and left out in society.