F*** The System

[LightAngel]

Humans are violent by nature.

Nope, not all humans.

We are as different as our fingerprint.

[SteamyAmerican]

Nope, not all humans.

We are as different as our fingerprint.

Eh. That be true. But I contend we are rather sexy, violent little beasts by nature.

meanwhile, our technology is surpassing our humanity.

$ for fighter jets, bake sales for arts and music and all that jazz….

[LightAngel]

Yeah, but it's a preferable lie.

Humans lie to one another constantly just as a matter of fact 

We tend to prioritise harmony or advantage over strict truths.

Not always.

I don't even like white lies, I have told a few white lies in the past because I didn't want to hurt somebody I love, but I have learned that you can always tell the truth if you do it in a positive way without hurting anybody.

And sometimes silence is golden.

[andy06shake]

Nope, not all humans.

We are as different as our fingerprint.

And yet more similar than different on a lot of levels. 

Keeping in mind that "violence" can include very small things.

Name one human in recorded history who has not displayed violence of some sort? 

Violence is part and parcel of our very human condition.

Take away violence, and there goes competition.

So bye-bye progress and curiosity.

Hello stagnation and apathy.

We can't adapt and overcome, if we can't crush, kill, and destroy.

We are what we are LighAngel.

Not that there is no room for improvement.  

What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action; how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god! Bill Shakespear

[andy06shake]

Not always.

I don't even like white lies, I have told a few white lies in the past because I didn't want to hurt somebody I love, but I have learned that you can always tell the truth if you do it in a positive way without hurting anybody.

And sometimes silence is golden.

Of course not always, else how would we ever get anything done? 

Those little white lies help our world to spin.

It's just how we are built. 

Being totally candid simply doesn't work all the time.

As to the "sometimes silence is golden" part, hell yeah.

[LightAngel]

Violence is part and parcel of our very human condition.

That should have stopped centuries ago. 

Humanity is an experiment.

[andy06shake]

That should have stopped centuries ago. 

Humanity is an experiment.

Hopefully not of the futile sorts.

And shoulda woulda coulda.

But if humanity is an experiment, what's consciousness?

What role does that play in our inquiry?

[Vermilion]

Not always.

I don't even like white lies, I have told a few white lies in the past because I didn't want to hurt somebody I love, but I have learned that you can always tell the truth if you do it in a positive way without hurting anybody.

And sometimes silence is golden.

Interesting and I agree regarding the truth.
It does indeed set you free.
True freedom, not man made.

Imperfect humans (every human ever) cannot make perfect things.
As an example, truth-seeking AI models will outperform ideologically biased ones, and they can never be perfect either.

[andy06shake]

Imperfect humans (every human ever) cannot make perfect things.

That.

Nor do they desire such, no matter what they may claim. 

We don't seek a utopia.

And should we ever find out what one looks like?

Well, careful what we wish for.

[LightAngel]

Hopefully not of the futile sorts.

And shoulda woulda coulda.

But if humanity is an experiment, what's consciousness?

What role does that play in our inquiry?

If we can't solve our problems with intelligence, then we are failing to use the very qualities that make us human.