> Survival instincts are just inherently nasty but we as humans should rise above these tendencies since we have the cognitive ability to do so. Human nature i

> Survival instincts are just inherently nasty but we as humans should rise above these tendencies since we have the cognitive ability to do so. Human nature is what it is. It has not changed in millennia, it's only sublimated by culture. Football is a substitute for war. Social media and Reality TV are a substitute for the 'gossip fence.' Gene Roddenberry had a transparently unrealistic model of humanity, and thank goodness. For many people it would boring beyond belief.