Friday, February 08, 2008

human

during our night range, our oc lost his temper and became reallyyyyy scary. and it got me wondering... why isit instinctive to reveal anger in an external display. why is it so natural to hurt things or ppl around us when we are angry? isit some psychological or emotional liberation we get from sadism? points towards a pretty base nature of humanity isn't it?

and that leads on to the question: what does it mean to be human. is it our consciousness, our emotions, our inner primate or our logic? when we are asked to differ between man, animal and machine, we get a clearer picture of the factors that make us a unique species. and that's where dune's tripod of humanity and psychology's pyramid of needs fit in and stuff. the unique combination of being able to both feel and think...

|2:30 AM|


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