The root cause of most man-made problems can be easily traced to the
foolish notion among many about their apparent monopoly of intelligence.
This is true whether it is among individuals, communities, nations or even
humanity as a whole. Most individuals believe that they are more
intelligent than others in their group and same is the case with
communities and nations. And very often we unanimously conclude that Man
is the most intelligent of all living species and humanity as a whole
posses the complete monopoly of intelligence in this entire universe. The
essential faculty of empathy is missing in an increasing number of people
in our society and many refuse to consider even the remote possibility of
a rival being as much intelligent, if not more. The inevitable fall out of
resultant interactions is generation of bad blood and loss of faith among
fellow beings.
As individuals, we often forget the simple fact that we are just one among
six billion others of similar nature. In a smaller environment we indulge
in one-upmanship with our co-workers and refuse to empathize with others
in difficult situations. In many cases it may not be necessary to offer
any help and all that is needed is to leave others alone. But there are
many who refuse to do even that. It has become our second nature to
delight in knowing everything about others and at the same time getting
agitated when others try to do the same with us. In a civilized society it
has become acceptable practice for media people to spy on public men and
that is the price to be paid by anyone eyeing for fame and power. But
there is no justification for anyone doing the same with strictly private
people. And very often those peepers do it under the false notion that
others are not intelligent enough to understand their ‘smart’ ways. Little
do they realize that sometimes they see only what is deliberately shown to
them by smarter ones.
As communities, many of the organized ones come to believe about their
monopoly of intelligence when dealing with less organized ones. Systematic
brain washing of mute followers by professional preachers of such
communities infuses a false sense of superiority. Leaders of such
communities are past masters in the game of running sympathetically with
the hares when they are actually hunting with the hounds. In liberal
democracies like India these organized communities reach their heights of
deception. Habitual boozers clamoring for prohibition to wipe out the
livelihood of natives dealing with locally made liquor and organizers of
seminars on population control secretly advising their own folk to opt for
the third child under the excuse of religious sanctions against abortion
are classic examples of this. Some others indulge in arranging systematic
migration of their folk to exterminate the poor tribal population just
because they are the most difficult to convert. Organized propaganda to
establish the ancient vintage of their beliefs by repeated celebrations
about visit of some fictitious Saints, bringing with them all that is good
with us now, indicates the nadir of deception by the most organized
community in India today. Then they go on to blow up the inherent
differences within rival communities and fish for souls in troubled waters
with the bait of charity. Monopoly of intelligence makes them blind about
the capability of others in seeing through their games.
As nations, it is not uncommon to find people from the so-called developed
ones nurturing false notions about their racial superiority in terms of
brains and brawns. Human history has given enough evidence against the
myth of racial superiority. But even today some nations believe in their
inherent rights to dictate others. In order to hide their real intentions
they resort to manipulations and deceit under their belief in monopoly of
intelligence. Occupying an oil rich country with the declared intention of
‘liberating’ humanity from terrorism cannot be explained in any other way.
Creating evil phantoms in unknown worlds and justifying all their
adventures as hot pursuits of these evils is becoming a favorite ploy of
the rich and powerful nations.
As humanity, there are several among us who believe in the superiority of
Man. For them, Man is the best creation of God and everything else is
created for his use. What can be more ridiculous when we know for sure
that the same Man is totally helpless in the event of a natural calamity?
An ant might survive a massive earthquake but most men will perish in it
even if he happens to be the ruler. Within our limited domain of
knowledge, perhaps it is true that Man has certain unique capabilities
that enable him to rule over other species. But to stretch it to the
limits of believing in his primacy in the universe is foolish. It is still
possible that we may come across much more developed and intelligent
creatures in another planet or galaxy or even another universe. Or perhaps
‘they’ are aware of us and are keeping away deliberately.
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