At the beginning of man, nature is evil

Duane 2022-12-09 15:45:49

The winner is the loser.

From the survival of the fittest in nature, the survival of the fittest, to the violence, bloodshed, and killing in the human world. The Overtrue of the film keeps flashing all kinds of documentaries about battle, domination, and death. I can't figure out what kind of movie this is, but it's certain that it won't let people enjoy the light taste of it.

Unemployment, parade, love, embarrassment, commitment, opportunity; - the game begins.

The so-called psychological research team will concentrate several volunteers who have passed various tests in a mock prison and begin to stage a live-action RPG: prison guards vs prisoners. There are several rules of the game, in short Be your part and do the right things. Of course, everyone gets paid handsomely, $1000/day*14days=$14000. Very tempting.

A basketball triggers a series of tragedies. From the beginning, the prison guards were afraid that they would lose their rewards for their inaction, and tried to punish the prisoners with small punishments. After gradually entering the role, in order to maintain the dignity of the prison guards themselves, prisoners were subjected to various corporal punishments and confinement. , until the accidental murder; so that the participants who played the prisoners in the end collectively rioted against the prison guards. In the bloody anxiety, the gate of the mock prison was finally opened slowly... After

watching the film for a long time, I specially selected a soothing and quiet piano piece for myself, hoping to calm the tremors in my body. I suddenly thought of the rhetoric about the "evil of human nature" mentioned in several psychology books I read, and shuddered again. Kind-hearted people are always willing to believe that "people are inherently good at the beginning", how beautiful and warm. But Darwin told us hundreds of years ago that "at the beginning of man, his nature is evil", which is extremely cruel and bloody. Of course, the two viewpoints are also two cultures with different styles and different basic points, so they will not be discussed. And what I want to say is that when we think we are kind, peaceful, gentle, and generous, no one actually knows how evil we are and how many dirty evil thoughts we have in our hearts.

Evil thoughts exist in the heart, are hidden in the heart, and are suppressed in the heart. One day, one moment, because of a small catalyst-like event, like a volcanic eruption, it will be revealed and acted upon. Law is the balance that measures and punishes evil. The law, however, is a servant who serves evil. Power and hierarchy are the breeding ground for evil and the breeding ground for evil. The poor and the rich, the city and the countryside; the apartment and the villa, the four-wheel and the two-wheel; the boss and the employee, the eugenic and the poor; ... when you are in these roles and adapt to the various rules of the game of the corresponding level, you can guarantee Wouldn't do even a little bit of evil to the so-called weaker party to highlight or even strengthen one's own superiority and dignity? And if you are on the weaker side, in the face of these arrogant and shallow contempt, can you guarantee that you will not prove your dignity with evil? Or a dirty word, or a dispute, or a slap in the face, or a conflict, ... or, or ...

a vicious cycle that goes on and on.

When the door of the simulated prison slowly opened, I seemed to be greedily breathing the fresh air outside the high wall, and the tense nerves were relieved at this moment. On the return bus, every participant was paid in full in advance. And money, after all, can't redeem the sins that have been committed, nor can it return the lost lives, and it can't protect the lives of sins.

At the end of the film, the protagonist sits by the Ganges River in India, quietly watching the mother washing the face of the young child by the river, waiting to meet her lover. In the distance, prayer flags of various colors fluttered, soothing the souls who were nowhere to be placed in the floating world.

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The Experiment quotes

  • Nix: Expert in the penitentiary system, are you boy?

    Travis: I just watch a lot of Discovery Channel.

  • Archaleta: Justice is what keeps us safe as a society. Ordered law.

    Travis: Justice is what starts wars. And eye for and eye for an eye. It takes a turning of the cheek for this species to evolve.

    Archaleta: Ah, so you're the one who knows what it's going to take for this society to evolve.

    Travis: I'm just regurgitating what people have been saying for a long time.