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The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.
Topics
- Awareness
- Independence
- Territory
- Assuming
- Wells
- Animal Kingdom
- Self
- Animal
- Delusion
- Guides
- Stubborn
- Reason
- Importance
- Kingdoms
- Characteristics
- No Reason
- Views
- Species
- Behavior
- Belief
- Extinction
- Warfare
- Results
- May
- Self Destructive
- Destructive
- Human Beings
- Fighting
- Conformity
- Humans
- Conformist
- Traits
- Religious