I reached a point in the story where the main character (Odd) said something like "I fear humankind the most, for they can be so very cruel to one another." Those aren't the exact words but something like that.

Are you afraid of humankind? If so, why? If not, why not?

Feel free to message me about the book too if you want. I love talking about the things I've read.

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So?

*Meaning hurricanes and tsunamis and such

Post edited at 9:45 pm on June 7, 2009 by 420mike

The average human being is surrounded by friends and family, and fears death and loneliness while gravitating towards people. We are social and socially reliant animals, and those who claim to despise or be indifferent to humans are very rarely psychopaths and very commonly idiots searching for something profound to say.

edit: I'm talking here about a fear or dislike of humans and humanity in general, not a fear or dislike of certain destructive tendencies in the human psyche.

Post edited at 9:56 pm on June 7, 2009 by SpM

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We have the highest ability to do harm, besides nature, but thats not frequent or global.

*Meaning hurricanes and tsunamis and such

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Quote: from 420Mike at 11:44 pm on June 7, 2009

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We have the highest ability to do harm, besides nature, but thats not frequent or global.  

 *Meaning hurricanes and tsunamis and such

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So is that a yes or a no?

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All I mean by that is dolphins or monkeys can't and don't cause harm to mankind or me or you as frequent as man causes harm to man.  So yes.

We also have the ability to destroy ourselves on a whim.
We create guns, knives, bombs, etc. Plus, we are the only species that gets a thrill from danger. Skydiving, fast cars, pain, etc.

We are well enough developed that we have a higher brain power, thus we can do much more with that power.
Thus we have every reason to fear ourselves.

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If I wanted to listen to an asshole. Id fart.

Not only are the laws of the Universe strict and encompassing, but they can also be unabashedly destructive. And there is no remorse in nature for remorse is a thoroughly human construct.

I think I am most afraid of indifference. Emotionless destruction caused by chance happenings that we humans - even with all our resources, intelligence and technology - are essentially powerless to stop.

The Universe does not care because it simply cannot. And it is probably just as well - human-like intelligence in something as grand and powerful as nature would be something that fear itself is made of.

Post edited at 12:28 am on June 26, 2009 by Bacon

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Genetics is fate. Change our genes, achieve free will.

But i really dislike this topic.

I'm succint, not verbose

People as a whole, do not scare me, no.
We all have our days, our ups and downs.
Some people choose to take it out differently, as terrifying as that is.

I choose to walk through life and people's paths hoping to leave the best impression possible.
Should shit happen.. shit happens.

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