why the world is pessimistic
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peterchen wrote: 1. What decides that we should be careful with a rattlesnake, but not with a rabit? Instinct. Then you shall die of black plague rather than swollen muscles and skin when you visit here because the rabbit is one of the largest carrier of Bubonic plague in the region. (and if you think I am just being pessimistic http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/world98.htm[^] we actually have 10 times the number of people hospitalized from touching rabbits than being bit by rattlesnakes) Instinct can fail you. Instinct does not say the rabbit is good, it says the rabbit is food. Weighed against the possibility of starvation, you roll the dice and take your chances with "food" since starvation is a known problem. The problem is often that we do not like to think about things. We want an instinctual reaction rather than having to learn and consider our own limitations. We think life is "easier" that way. That is where the problem lies IMO. We don't want to continually think about others behavior in respect to ourselves and our safty in respect to that, therefore since complete trust and instinct can get us in trouble we take the easiest way possible to trust no one and nothing. Personal Isolationism being the ultimate safe course (or so we believe). _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Yet another proof for (2) - instinct being "out-speeded" where I live rabbits are ok unless they look sick or are not shy (which is the first indicator of rabies) Jeffry J. Brickley wrote: The problem is often that we do not like to think about things To many decisions per second and to complex interactions are a likel reason. Nothing against pure thought, but I still insist that a healthy amount of instinct supplements thought perfectly.
Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
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