Friday, August 5, 2011

What are humans individually and en masse actually Capable of?

I think the best way to answer this question is to say that humans both individually and en masse are capable of things that you would never see on TV both individually and en masse. There are many reasons why you wouldn't see these kinds of things demonstrated on TV.

Many things like if you are a great singer, or musician or acrobat or lawyer or doctor you might want to demonstrate publicly. But in cultures around the world there have always been people who could do things that most people would disbelieve anyway. So, maybe it is more useful for most people not to believe what some people are capable of in both good and bad ways and also in neutral ways.

So, if I say that all the things that you have seen people be capable of on TV or the internet all your life is probably only half or even less (probably less) than what people are actually capable of both individually and en masse.  This I find to be incredibly interesting. However, many of you might just be frightened by what I'm saying. But in the end the sum of the human race is much much greater than any of its parts. We humans on earth are amazing in unfathomable ways. Let's leave it at that.

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