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VICTIMS OF SOCIETY

As one delves into the realm of psychology (no, I do not mean the facebook and whatsapp connotations like "psychology says if a person is always smiling then he/she suffers a lot..(mayiru!!)) the clairvoyance that it shares a deep bond with philosophy is unveiled. Most stoics for example were intuitive psychologists who examined humans irrationalities and provided solutions to tame them. Philosophy can be, to say, the product of conscious understanding of the human mind. Take for example the the evolutionary strategy found in most social animals including humans- reciprocity . The strategy is simple, straightforward and can be considered a fundamental philosophy: Start out nice with everyone and then do unto them what they've unto you . An insight about human nature which my gurunadhar Simbu had mentioned way back in his movie Osthe "na kannadi maari la". Simbu:1 Humans:0. Beyond the obviousness, it is just seen as a cultural norm that just happens to be universal...