What type of person are you, and what's your take on the human species?

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Arjen said:
If Mass Effect taught us anything, it's that we are the most diverse and special race in the universe.
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...which is funny, considering how biologically undiverse we are. ME's attatchment to humanity sort of turns me off. Wish you could roll a Salarian or Turian.
 
Deified Data said:
That would be sad. The more we deny our innate animal nature, the less human we become. It's a balancing act. It's okay to distance yourself from that facet, but it can't be ignored.
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I'm not denying our animal nature, I am saying it's role has been and will be hugely debilitating to society and civilization. The reason why 'history always repeats itself' is because we are crippled by this 'evolutionary code'.

Once we have the power to escape it, we need to. Of course, there will be those that will fight against that idea, but they will be left behind. It will be an interesting time when that day comes.

Seraphinianus said:
I've never understood why an obvious frat boy with a popped collar and a smirk on his face became the internet's archetypical good guy.
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He only joined the frat because he wants to be liked. He only popped his collar to fit in. He just wants to please people. Don't judge.
 
the fact that people still eat mass produced animals without caring for the consequences is one of the things that I hate the most about humanity.

other than that i have nothing against humans.
 
I'm complicated. On the small scale of things, if I see some old lady fall down or something I'd go help her pick her up. On the other hand, seeing the horrific things humans are capable of doing to each other and the planet, I'd seriously think about hitting that Big, red "Erase all human population" button.
 
perfectnight said:
Someone who values animal life that much is a little more than abnormal I'd say. Obsessive attachment to creatures who are largely not even wired to process most of the emotions which people project onto them is wierd to me.
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I don't project emotions onto animals - I just enjoy them for what they are. People, too, for that matter. I wouldn't really say it's an obsession of mine, either, but given the extreme nature of the opinion I can see how it could be misinterpreted that way.

ToxicAdam said:
I'm not denying our animal nature, I am saying it's role has been and will be hugely debilitating to society and civilization. The reason why 'history always repeats itself' is because we are crippled by this 'evolutionary code'.

Once we have the power to escape, we need to. Of course, there will be those that will fight against that idea, but they will be left behind. It will be an interesting time, when that day comes.
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Maybe. I shudder to think of what would be lost in the transition, however.
 
carfo said:
I'm complicated. On the small scale of things, if I see some old lady fall down or something I'd go help her pick her up. On the other hand, seeing the horrific things humans are capable of doing to each other and the planet, I'd seriously think about hitting that Big, red "Erase all human population" button.
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I remember seeing a video of some guy running up to an elderly couple and he hit the lady as hard as he could right in the face (big huge muscle bound guy) just to take her purse. Makes me think the same thing.
 
I'm an INFP, so I have the company of Jesus and Gandhi.

INFPs are highly intuitive about people. They rely heavily on their intuitions to guide them, and use their discoveries to constantly search for value in life. They are on a continuous mission to find the truth and meaning underlying things. Every encounter and every piece of knowledge gained gets sifted through the INFP's value system, and is evaluated to see if it has any potential to help the INFP define or refine their own path in life. The goal at the end of the path is always the same - the INFP is driven to help people and make the world a better place.

Generally thoughtful and considerate, INFPs are good listeners and put people at ease. Although they may be reserved in expressing emotion, they have a very deep well of caring and are genuinely interested in understanding people. This sincerity is sensed by others, making the INFP a valued friend and confidante. An INFP can be quite warm with people he or she knows well.
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Humans are interesting. We do the most amazing and abhorrent things.

I like to think that our amazing accomplishments (love, philosophy, science, space travel) outweigh our most abhorrent (general disregard for every other life form, genocide).

I'm a generally happy and positive person. I am very opinionated, and I think that intelligence and humility are the two most important character traits.

BobsRevenge said:
I'm an INFP, so I have the company of Jesus and Gandhi.
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I think that Myers-Briggs is interesting, but I always have a hard time not identifying with all of the types. Sometimes I'm introverted, sometimes I'm extroverted. I'm sensing and judging. I don't get it.
 
perfectnight said:
Controllin yer gorvermuntz
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yeah my post is cruel and self absorbed if you take it context of a single line but how many other species on the planet wipe out other species for profit, practically rape the planet of resources with out a care of others or other species that also inhabit this planet? We put more effort into war, than peace, we exploit others less fortunate for our own self gains including animals.

Its just not cricket!
 
Smellycat said:
Seriously?
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well, most other are smarter about surviving out in the elements than 99% of people.

to answer the OP, I like some types of people but if you're going to try and be selfish toward me I will turn against you, I am loyal if you're good to me, but I find most of what people indulge in (pillaging of the environment and wiping species out) to be abhorrent and generally harmful to the planet and to urselves as well.

I think we've gotten so far away from the natural world that we don't deserve to be it's masters or "rulers" anymore and until we can learn to balance ourselves between the real, natural world and our irrational compulsion to think ourselves as demi-gods and change things as we see fit, we won't advance as a species.

this isn't even getting into the amount of pointless harm(war, crime) we do to each other. but since we are capable of identifying these problems, we may have a small shot at bettering ourselves. but until we can respect our planet more it's other inhabitants and it's other species that have an equal right(and sometimes more so) to live in this world that is theirs too start doing less to harm it, I'm not too keen on a lot of humanity as a whole.
 
I'm a student of human nature... of the human mind.

I've come to understand most - that we have the capacity for the greatest heights and the lowest depths. Not just some of us, but all of us - though the extent of the capacity may vary, in all of us, we possess the ability to be both great and heinous, and often both at the same times in a tenuous balance.

And that by and large we are well intentioned - but that complexities beyond our ability to cope with them create numerous, large and frequently negative unconsidered consequences that can be difficult to track, difficult to own up to, and difficult to change.

That those consequences end up governing the conditions for many of us, now and into the future, just as they have done so in the past.

I would characterize my position as cautiously optimistic.

I know both how incredible things could be... and how much work and how many pitfalls we must to overcome to get there. We must be vigilant, and we must look deeper into the patterns that governs the reality that we share; if we are to cross the tight rope strung over the abyss that is the collapse of civilization.
 
Humans are cool, a lot of them are idiots and assholes, but a lot of them are also great people. It's also funny how a lot of people seem to think that all animals are nice whereas we are bad. As an animal gets more intelligent, it tends to do more selfish or straight up evil things. Maybe it's because its thought process doesn't depend on just instincts. Ever seen a chimp, or a dolphin? They are assholes. Dolphins kill for fun, bully other dolphins etc. But hey, they are cute and look so happy, so everyone loves them.
 
“We are survival machines—robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes... Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.” -Richard Dawkins (biologist)

“Ethics, morality, human conduct, and the human psyche are to be understood only if societies are seen as collections of individuals seeking their own self-interest.” -Richard D. Alexander (biologist)

“No hint of genuine charity ameliorates our vision of society, once sentimentalism has been laid aside. What passes for cooperation turns out to be a mixture of opportunism and exploitation... Scratch an altruist, and watch a hypocrite bleed.” -Michael Ghiselin (biologist)
 
Effectively I'm apathetic to the human and race and the earth. I don't go out of my way to destroy either - I actually try to do my part in small. But once the human race ends by any means, the earth will solider on and do fine without us.

Maybe when/if I have kids my view will change.
 
I am the center of the universe. If someone or something is not to my liking. I discard/avoid it/him/her.

Plain and simple.
 
Goya said:
“We are survival machines—robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes... Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.” -Richard Dawkins (biologist)

“Ethics, morality, human conduct, and the human psyche are to be understood only if societies are seen as collections of individuals seeking their own self-interest.” -Richard D. Alexander (biologist)

“No hint of genuine charity ameliorates our vision of society, once sentimentalism has been laid aside. What passes for cooperation turns out to be a mixture of opportunism and exploitation... Scratch an altruist, and watch a hypocrite bleed.” -Michael Ghiselin (biologist)
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Of course biologists would have such a dark view of human nature. They still see us very animalistic. And true to a certain point... but the substrate of human civilization that we all attach to does significant things to alter it.

We wouldn't be alturistic if we didn't get anything out of it. But it's not quite as cold and calculated as the biologists above are suggesting. Essentially, we build models and conceptions of our world - it's what our minds do. We build models and conceptions of people - people, things and beliefs that we admire. We connect the idea between admiration and action - acting in such a way will promote our ability to be better humans. The act of alturism is an act of reinforcing this notion about the self - that we are admirable human beings.

Thought in such a manner, alturism is completely understandable. We admire people because in the act of honing our world model, we see these people that are in desirable positions. If we act in the manner that they are acting, then it is probable that we will see/feel the same outcomes as them. In a prehistoric environment; you imitate the alpha male to become one. You don't imitate the beta to become an alpha.

But society has been around for a long time - and much story and myth has been created about the generous man - such that even that model - can become a successful, vaunted, valued thing in society... despite the apparent contradiction between getting what we want and giving stuff away.

The other mechanism is that an alturistic society is generally stronger than a selfish society. Not just in the sense that it creates more harmonious exchanges... but that it does things like establish trust, which is an extremely valuable commodity and mindset for people that wish to trade and exchange. That wish to do commerce.

Of course there are other factors to alturism that help to reinforce the behaviour... but the endeavour of alturism would've failed a long time ago, if the only mechanism to reinforce it was the thought of what we would get out of the exchange of been alturistic. Social benefits are not reinforced all, or even most of the time - thus you need internal benefits to carry it along. Those internal benefits are simply that the actions of been alturistic reinforces that self identity and ideal that has been derived from a complex interaction with desire, self and society.
 
Human beings are too hard on themselves. We are animals despite higher brain function, but it seems like the goal of our society is really to squash and crush our impulses as thoroughly as possible. We do almost everything we can to separate ourselves from the animal kingdom with technology and ideology, but there is no real success in suppressing what we are. I think people allow themselves to become bitter when they read of rapes, murders, and other awful crimes humans visit upon themselves and other species... But these things are a near constant with nature. You should not become discouraged when you're confronted with this side of humanity, because you have unreasonably high standards for a bunch of learned monkeys in suits. More or less, you exist for essentially no other reason than to pass of your genetic material. As long as you can accept that, and stop fighting so hard against it, you may be happy.

Enjoy being human. Embrace nature.
 
I live by one rule: be honest. In our current situation as individuals on a smsll portion of interstellar real-estate, though, enforcing this is nearly-impossible. When I see politicians leading loyal sheeple to a cliff-face so that they can fall into an abyss, ruining matters for the few who weren't as easily coerced, I can only cringe in the confusion and fear. Looking at life with as much perspective as I am, it seems like the fluxal nature of humans today, sub-human and super-human, has become impossible to predict in every way possible, only aided by the self-betrayal of human instinct in the Judeo-Christian era, and through the continual petty bickering of cultures and sovereignties all over the globe.

—While I'm a jovial, joyous, and jiggy kind of guy, my experiences thus far in life have led to paranoia and constant anxieties, usually because I feel constricted and pressured to do better in an academic environment, when the education I'm receiving is infertile for my intellectual growth and personal satisfaction. My adaptability varies, either being pliable towards something I feel passionate about or being stubborn against something I feel the need to resist. Some kinds of people I can appreciate and even show love and gratitude for—like the Jews and other strong, consistent peoples—while others can have my scorn and distaste for exhaustive caprice. In the end, I'm nice so long as I get 8 hours of sleep per day cycle, haha.

But I think the worst problem I'm having right now is that I'm well-rounded in every way, aside from my mind. Everyone wants to lean towards some extreme these days, like being an adamant academic while your physical health degrades, or being big hunk who eadily falls prey to mental subversion. And perhaps it's always been that way as well—and to be more and more aware of everything happening on this planet at any time is the only recent addition. But I'm stuck feeling like a dead, grey pixel placed amongst a bunch of primary colors, with this profound loneliness driving mr to GAF. This is my sound suffering, I guess.

Humanity, as I know it, has reached the point of lacking balance and moderation, and that will either fix itself or lead to the majority of us perishing in this infernal cycle of increasing extremes. We do, of course, have the potential to be more cunning and achieving as a group of individuals, so much that we could bring our childhood away from this cradle and into outer space. But I'm powerless to dictate our course.
 
I consider myself a realist. I act as nicely as I can to people as long as they treat me nicely in return, though I believe there are many people out there who don't have my best interests in mind. There are many people around and above me who would harm me (whether financially or otherwise) if given the chance, so I rarely trust someone I can't be entirely sure won't take advantage of me. Due to this line of thinking, atrocities and inequalities in society rarely surprise me, as that's the general nature of the world.

Strangely enough, I rarely lie. Even in situations where one would help me out in retrospect XD
 
Just a guy. People in general can be completely evil or incredibly kind, just depends on various circumstances. So if I hear of a person killing some animal or person horribly of course I feel bad and that the guy/girl is terrible but there are plenty of awesome people in the world as well so it kind of balances out. Humanity is flawed and no matter how much we try to create some utopia where everything is sparkles and rainbows it'll never happen.
 
I can get really misanthropic at times. A lot of it is a reaction against anthropocentricism. But also, humanity is consistently disappointing. I find it profoundly ionic that humans are so obsessed with not being "animals" yet everything they do can be tired to some extremely basic survival instinct. I also wish they would realise that they are an invasive species, and would use their intellect to solve that problem.
 
I think this is the calm before the storm.

I think we're headed toward something entirely different that very few people are actually prepared for.

I have something like this and this in mind.

Good times.
 
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