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Issues like this feel like they're an offshoot of the very human notion that we're supposed to be complete masters of our environment.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Oct 23 '09, 10:13

We've made so many advances that it's easy to feel like we should be able to control all aspects of it, and that gives us a feeling of power. When we lose that power, it's scary and we try to find a reason why. "People are still dying of [x]? How can that be? It must be [y]." And it's not just in medicine. You see that in social issues as well (though those can often be easier to fix, and are more self-caused).

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This notion gets multiplied by the more *things* you acquire. Children, property. The more stuff you have, the more you need to protect. - con_carne Oct 23, 10:24
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- For? Or against? -- nm - mara Oct 23, 10:19 2
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  - *whistles (in a graveyard)* -- nm - Michael Jackson Oct 23, 10:21
- That's a different vein of what he's saying. A feeling of a loss of control leads to overmedicating as a means of regaining a feel of empowerment. - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 10:17 1
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- I guess ... define over-medicating. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:17
ahhh, hubris. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 10:15

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Issues like this feel like they're an offshoot of the very human notion that we're supposed to be complete masters of our environment.

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