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“Human nature, is what we are put on earth to overcome.” --Katherine Hepburn, in The African Queen A few of the good words to live by

• iamadog3 5y ago
  Not really, no. Human nature is what we're dealt, we must embrace both the positive and negative aspects of it. Perhaps the inevitability of two people gravitating towards one another can be leveraged? Perhaps the disparities can elucidate us on unseen proclivities in different populations, things that can also be leveraged and positively. What we should avoid is cramming people into functionary roles and instruct them they must act as would a machine. No longer can they be compelling or compelled but only impelled as would be a gear turning in the insurmountable forces of the engine that drives.
  • toss1 5y ago
    >>things that can also be leveraged and positively. And, exactly how is this NOT overcoming human nature? >> should avoid is cramming people into functionary roles and instruct them they must act as would a machine What in that quote, or its context, ever suggested cramming people into functionary or mechanical roles?
• curtainsforus 5y ago
  Should you try to overcome your survival instinct?
  • toss1 5y ago
    Often, yes (though usually not to the point of actually dying). Overcoming survival fears is behind every act of physical courage, e.g., saving a friend or stranger, or exploring any new zone that will normally kill you (mountaineering, undersea, space, etc.). You have got to suppress your naive survival instinct (or remain massively ignorant) to climb on top of a rocket with thousands of tons of explosive material...