Very much so. Stories shaped human society throughout history and continue to do so. Stories, not genes or individual intelligence, are what
allow humans to cooperate effectively in large groups. Humans can create shared
myths, religions, and ideologies that bind large numbers together toward a common goal. These stories provide a sense of
belonging and purpose, allowing for complex societies to function.
Nations are founded on shared stories and beliefs. For example, the "New World" story helped build early America. America was seen as a blank slate, a place to escape the inequalities of Europe and build a more perfect society. This idea attracted settlers and shaped the nation's identity.
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Are you saying stories have little impact?
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This is what makes us human: our ability to look at the facts and make a decision. Stories do the opposite: they turn us into animals acting on feelings and emotions. Stories lead to things like wars and genocides, breed totalitarian governments and ideologies, cause people to fight each other over minor disagreements. If humans focused on objective facts more and on tales of gods and glory less, the world would be a much better place. There would never be wars involving millions of people if no one believed in the story of the greatness of their god, or their nation, or their land, and everyone focused on the impact a war would have on their life. You come to Jerusalem to slaughter infidels and likely die yourself in the process - you do not make anyone's life better, especially not your own.
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No, humans are what make stories.
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But are you sure they do not come back on us, thus making humans, at least in a philosophical way? Look at how stories are passed down by folklore. I think if we're all honest with ourselves we'd have to acknowledge we have searched in some way for our pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 'Reasonable' explanations why we succeeded or failed don't come till later. Stories, whether they be of the underdog prevailing, or of untold riches to be found, stories do play a vital role in humanity. They do inspire and motivate us to action. That can not be denied.
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This is quiet right really. If we look at animals all they do is look, derr another animal, hunt, eat like derr. And they see another opposite animal of the same type and its like derr mate, derr love your kids a bit and then the only other ting they do is sleep.. Humans have brains that are to big for our own good so we think about a hole heap of crap most of the time that has very little to do with basic eat sleep and procreate. We have to resort to doing this better like eating fois gras and trying to mate with any thing that takes our fancy and live in expensive condos and sniffing coke off of a Samurai sword. And then of course after we have satisfied our basic needs of knocking off a chick after a meal of fois gras and sleeping in the grand oval bed we want more to stimulate the rest of our brain cells.
So we turn on Netflix and disappear in to a make believe world of watching David Statham and Keanu Reeves knock off as many baddies they can cram in to the movie. Other wise we would go stark raving bonkers. So what Im saying is that we need to fill the void with some thing so we make up a hole heap of stories to fill that void.
Well it all started a long time a go when they invented religion to keep the masses occupied and.............................blah blah...........
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have brains that are to big for our own good
Don't stress it as that's one thing your gene pool will never have to worry about.
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