Why Nature Seems So Beautiful (and People Don t)
Why does nature seem so beautiful and peoplethe opposite A recent study published in the journal, Science Advances, discussed findings that living near plants for long enough can extend peoples life spans by 2. 5 years. Indeed, we are parts of nature that consist of the still, vegetative, animate, and human levels, and their interconnection leads us to bear witness to such phenomena. The question is whether people can soothe and calm other peoples lives similarly to how plants can do so We can, and even more so. Whether we feel people around us as aggravating or as calming depends on the extent to which we view them as important and close. We thus need to urge ourselves to change such that other people feel closer and closer to us. And on this point, we indeed encounter the question: Why does nature seem so beautiful while people seem the opposite It is because our ego, the desire to enjoy at the expense of others, rejects the egoistic nature of other people. We like plants, f
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