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I see both destruction and creation 2 ends of one stick. There is a creation that can be borne out of destruction. And vice versa. And therefore it is hard to say which people are better at.
Also, depends on individuals and their propensity to lean towards the positive or negative. Those who lean towards negative start the cycle with destruction.
Also, depends on individuals and their propensity to lean towards the positive or negative. Those who lean towards negative start the cycle with destruction.
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It's a pretty open-ended question, so there are multiple degrees and instances of both that happen often. You can analyze it different ways, but it's all kinda subjective in the end. I guess I was mainly trying to see how people viewed human nature. Some are more convinced than others.
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@HalfCactus: I think it is hard to have a conclusive blanket image of human nature because there is a constant shift in our psychology as well. Positive people can feel negative and have bouts of destruction and so on. I think it is interconnected.
But if I was to give just an offhand guess without taking into account all parameters, I'd say humans lean towards destruction.
But if I was to give just an offhand guess without taking into account all parameters, I'd say humans lean towards destruction.
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@Aidolovemostofyourthoughts: Without a doubt. It's just a question to peer inside people's heads.
I'd even go as far to say that destruction and creation are intrinsically intertwined. At least when thinking about things on a physical level. It's the first law of thermodynamics. The instruments we use for destruction must be created, and the space we use to create arises from the destruction of what was there previously. The destruction of a building creates a blank space. The creation of a painting destroys the blank canvas. The creation of a child destroys a parent's sleep cycle. It's all connected.
I'd even go as far to say that destruction and creation are intrinsically intertwined. At least when thinking about things on a physical level. It's the first law of thermodynamics. The instruments we use for destruction must be created, and the space we use to create arises from the destruction of what was there previously. The destruction of a building creates a blank space. The creation of a painting destroys the blank canvas. The creation of a child destroys a parent's sleep cycle. It's all connected.
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@Aidolovemostofyourthoughts: I know. I didn't overlook that. I guess the analogy formed a mental image of a stick in-between those ends. With an intertwining, it's a continual process where you can't exactly tell where one starts and the other ends. Although my analogy was created on the spot, so it's possible some clarity was destroyed in the process