[Finny]

Because we’re afraid to die and we want to be special. Encounters with things that “survived” death in some way feeds both, it makes us special today and gives us hope that death is not the end tomorrow.

How very condescending and adult of you! We children hang our heads in embarrassment. You wise old owl.

[discostu]

If you find the truth condescending you should fix it. It’s a simple reality, two of the primary pursuits mankind has had throughout the millennia in every culture are sticking out from the crowd and finding “proof” they’ve survive death. Notice also my pronouns were “we” and “us”, I wasn’t separating myself from these trends.