Some thoughts on the human nature

We are but the sum of our faults… our ability to create them, our ability to recognize them, and our ability to choose them. The faults we choose create in ourselves, and the faults that we choose to do, are what define us. Essentially, it’s a matter of exclusion and not inclusion. Humans are born with infinite possibilities, and by adopting more faults, specifically more of the useless faults, they limit their possibilities.

For example, compassion is said to be an important human trait. Our compassion makes us different from some other creatures… but does our compassion necessarily make us better people? The answer depends on the situation. However, taking a general and objective point of view, it is important to note that compassion can hinder our progress and increase our bias. And thus, a question is raised: are the things that make us human essentially good, or are they an obstacle? In other words, are the things that make us human actually worth being human for, or can we become something that is more abstract? Is the human nature the actual challenge that we should be trying to overcome?

(A god could not possibly be wrong, even if he wants to, because a god is the definition of right. If he can find it in his power to overcome his own limits, then he isn't a god anymore. Essentially, by being able to do wrong (and thus overcoming his own power), the god does not become more powerful, but more inferior. He has destroyed his own power in the process of overcoming it, because the task itself is not befitting to his nature, and not because it's essentially impossible.)

What makes us unique as humans is not just our intelligence or our emotions, but it is rather the combination of them in us. Other creatures, such as animals, have emotions like us, but not the same level of intelligence.

And so our choice is not in avoiding the wrong decisions and making the right ones, but rather in choosing the best collection of wrong decisions so that we can ultimately learn from them and choose the right collection of right decisions when the time comes. In essence, we are all wrong, but to varying degrees. We need to be the right type of wrong. That is how we can become.