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How Hatred Starts
I just realized why people hate each other.
Once someone sees the worst side of another and continues to judge them by it, they eventually starts hating the latter.
Suppose the person A knows the worst mistake the person B has made in their life and judge their (B) every action based on the knowledge they (A) acquired, they (A) starts to hate them (B). In turn, the person B also tries to find the worst of the person A and starts to hate them as well.
This is how it goes on and none of them ever tries to find the person behind all that mistakes and weaknesses.
I have a tendency to find patterns in two steps. This is both a good thing and a bad thing; it means I'm generally quicker to catch on to things than most people, but it also means that I often find patterns where they don't exist.
Let's use a mathematical example, shall we? I love math! Say I'm given two numbers:
1, 8
Here's the order in which I think of what patterns this might fit in:
Sequential cubes - 1³, 2³ (3³, 4³, n³) Add seven to previous number - 1, 1+7 (8+7, 15+7, 1+7n) Multiples of eight - 8⁰, 8¹ (8², 8³, 8ⁿ)
What tends to happen when I point out the first pattern that comes to mind is that I'm often wrong. Even if I go through all the patterns that come to mind, it could still be a different pattern, or it could just not be a pattern at all!
So what I've trained myself to do is wait for a third term to see if I have it right. I've been wrong on the third term before, but far less often. Most of the time my suspicion is correct at that point - except with things like human behavior, which I'm usually more careful about.
...no, I don't treat human behavior like numbers... I look for patterns in different ways...