Archmage Azor@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWill humanity ever be able to overcome that tribalistic instinct of "us vs. them?"message-squaremessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1292arrow-down1message-squareWill humanity ever be able to overcome that tribalistic instinct of "us vs. them?"Archmage Azor@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square150fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoWow, good argument. But did you really overcome the instinctual fear for snakes, or do you winch first, before rational takes over to tell you to move the snake to a safer place?
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-21 year agoIf wincing is all that happens before treating others with respect and rationality, then I’d call that a success.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhen I see a snake my first instinct is to try to touch it. We don’t have them in my country, so it feels like meeting a magical creature.
Wow, good argument. But did you really overcome the instinctual fear for snakes, or do you winch first, before rational takes over to tell you to move the snake to a safer place?
If wincing is all that happens before treating others with respect and rationality, then I’d call that a success.
Touché
When I see a snake my first instinct is to try to touch it. We don’t have them in my country, so it feels like meeting a magical creature.