Reply With QuoteI find it difficult to make such a blanket statement about everyone.
Just a quick and radically unscientific poll to satisfy my idle curiosity. I didn't include a "neither positive nor negative" option because screw that. Take your fence-sitting ass back to CFC if you don't want to take a vigorous, cantankerous stance on the issue. If you absolutely must hem and haw, I've included a banana option.
To be clear, I'm asking, "When you think of humanity, do you think more of positive things (creativity, cooperation, the arts and sciences, historical progress, enlightenment) or negative things (greed, cruelty, depravity, small-mindedness, xenophobia)?" This poll does not concern itself with degrees of positivity/negativity; pick whichever dominates your perception of our species, by whatever amount. I leave "religious" or "not religious" to self-identification. If you're "spiritual but not religious," I'd call that religious for my purposes, but go with whatever grouping catches your fancy. Thanks!
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I find it difficult to make such a blanket statement about everyone.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
I do not.
**** everyone, everywhere, always.
"My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
My views on "All Of Humanity, Past Present and Future," are somewhat more negative than positive. My views on "that part of humanity with which I've had first-hand experience" are much more positive than negative. I'd say that the latter trumps the former.
Agreed.
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My stance has always been that I have a positive view of humanity's potential, but a negative view of humanity itself.
I think humans are basically good people, and you all have high standards.
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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I'm going to go with positive but people are so ****ing very weak. I think that's the problem with humans. Weakness.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
What's there to say? We're animals. Not that being animals is a bad thing, of course.
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Yes, I also agree that most humans abide by the moral system humans invented that deems the behavior most humans engage in to be moral.Originally Posted by Hauldren Collider
So young.
"My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
What standard should we be judging by? If it's "acts no worse than the average person," it's utterly impossible for humans as a whole to be bad people.
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People are awesome. Sexy demi-gods who can manipulate matter, create life, gather data for the universe about itself, and generally do no wrong even when they ignore the main thrust of the OP.
"tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner"
Who's the other Hobbesian?
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"They'd rather their children all died then ever pay a penny more in taxes." Oerdin on OK.
Elok, you fool. Learn to use the internet
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
Ben Kenobi keeps reinforcing my negative thoughts about humanity
I put positive, because humanity's purpose is to create entropy and as far as I can tell, they are doing a pretty good job.
But I guess if you look at the other side of the equation, you'd say negative....so really I don't have an answer.
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"Capitalism ho!"
So the only thing you're positive about is that you have no clue? Sounds about right.
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He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
Sloww, I long for the day when you learn to read and can have actual conversations on this forum.
“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"
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