=20 There is something so incredibly endearing, enduring, and beautiful = about a personw ith an uncompromising attitude... when it matches mine. It = is attractive. The older I get, the more I realize just how easily the herd= -folk of our species can be swayed. It is almost to the point that the herd= could even be seperated from those of us who stand apart as a sub-species.= Ionce wrote a short essay as an examination of the human species ['An = Examination of the Human Species', 2001 unpublished] in which I sub-cla= ssified it into three categories: Homo-sapien (wise-man), Homo-supernus (su= perior-man), and Homo-improbus (inferior-man). As to whethe ror not this su= b-classification holds any legitimacy or validity still remains to be seen.= What holds this theory back is the event of each sub-classification being = procreated from another (ie. Homo-improbus giving birther to Homo-sapien an= d/or Homo-supernus, Homo-supernus giving birth to Homo-improbus and/or Homo= -sapien, etc.). It also cannot be considered an evolutionary step, due to t= he fact that people of each caliber have been present for many of the ages = of mankind. Now, that is exactly what it is. A caliber of man. The sub-clas= sification is a level of quality in a person. A human with free will and mo= derate ability may be considered of a moderate, or normal caliber and regar= ded as Homo-sapien. A human who mindlessly follows the herd, is easily sway= ed, and does not excell in any sort of skill aside from those learned by sh= eer simplistic repetition may be considered of a lower caliber and thus reg= arded as Homo-sapien-improbus. Those special few who excell in several area= s of expertise, strongly think on their own cognition, discover or invent n= ew concepts, and adhere to their own high standards may be considered as be= ing of a higher caliber and praised as Homo-sapien-supernus. As of this tim= e, one cannot pre-determine which sort a person will become, and perhaps it= is better this way. Time will reveal each for what it is. May we praise th= eexceptional, acknowledge the moderate, and control the inferior! -- Posted by sku11fukkr to ...Co= me The Wolves[1] at 4/30/2005 10:14:00 AM --- Links --- 1