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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3818757" data-attributes="member: 4937">Yes, it is a potentially dangerous line of thought, but it is true in reality.&nbsp; Some people are more special than others.&nbsp; I think the movie was about recognizing that without resenting it.&nbsp; Life is not fair.&nbsp; Some of us are more talented than the rest.&nbsp; Even some of us that are pretty talented have to recognize that there are other people who possess extremes of talent that we'll just never match.&nbsp; What I think the movie was trying to get at is that although the idea of 'some people are more special' is a dangerous line of thought, any line of thought which insists we must deny reality is also a dangerous line of thought.&nbsp; We are all indebted to the Thomas Edison's, Martin Luther King's, Albert Einstein's, and so forth of this world precisely because they were in thier way more special than the rest of us, and did and made something that the rest of us could not have done or made.&nbsp; Sure, those individuals have feet of clay and are human like the rest of us, and are not by virtue of being special entitled to anything except maybe having some respect for what they give to everyone else.I think that the movie is a reaction to the notion that sense we can't make everyone special, then we will make the special people normal.&nbsp;&nbsp; My gut reaction to the quote is not, &quot;Everyone shouldn't be special!&quot;, but rather, &quot;Don't tear people down!&quot;&nbsp; Because in real life, we can't (yet) give everyone super powers so really how we obtain parity tends to be tearing people down and not building people up.But that's just the thing.&nbsp; Everyone isn't special in the sense of being able to do things that no-one else can.&nbsp; I've got a very high IQ and average or better stats in just about everything, and I'm not special in the sense of being able to do anything that no-one else can.&nbsp; I've met plenty of people who are more talented than me in just about every way.&nbsp; My intelligence may make me a rarity and an oddity, but it doesn't make me in any stretch of the imagination uniquely capable much less profoundly uniquely capable.&nbsp; We are all special because we are unique individuals and no mortal has the power to restore any one of us if we are lost, but most of us are nonetheless ordinary and of ordinary value.&nbsp; We should resent anyone for being extraordinary, and indeed we ought to make heroes of more our extraordinary talents than just atheletes.&nbsp; Real super-heroes don't shoot fireballs.Each of us ought to be striving to be the best we can be with what we have, not worrying about whether anyone else was given more than we have.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3818757, member: 4937"] Yes, it is a potentially dangerous line of thought, but it is true in reality. Some people are more special than others. I think the movie was about recognizing that without resenting it. Life is not fair. Some of us are more talented than the rest. Even some of us that are pretty talented have to recognize that there are other people who possess extremes of talent that we'll just never match. What I think the movie was trying to get at is that although the idea of 'some people are more special' is a dangerous line of thought, any line of thought which insists we must deny reality is also a dangerous line of thought. We are all indebted to the Thomas Edison's, Martin Luther King's, Albert Einstein's, and so forth of this world precisely because they were in thier way more special than the rest of us, and did and made something that the rest of us could not have done or made. Sure, those individuals have feet of clay and are human like the rest of us, and are not by virtue of being special entitled to anything except maybe having some respect for what they give to everyone else. I think that the movie is a reaction to the notion that sense we can't make everyone special, then we will make the special people normal. My gut reaction to the quote is not, "Everyone shouldn't be special!", but rather, "Don't tear people down!" Because in real life, we can't (yet) give everyone super powers so really how we obtain parity tends to be tearing people down and not building people up. But that's just the thing. Everyone isn't special in the sense of being able to do things that no-one else can. I've got a very high IQ and average or better stats in just about everything, and I'm not special in the sense of being able to do anything that no-one else can. I've met plenty of people who are more talented than me in just about every way. My intelligence may make me a rarity and an oddity, but it doesn't make me in any stretch of the imagination uniquely capable much less profoundly uniquely capable. We are all special because we are unique individuals and no mortal has the power to restore any one of us if we are lost, but most of us are nonetheless ordinary and of ordinary value. We should resent anyone for being extraordinary, and indeed we ought to make heroes of more our extraordinary talents than just atheletes. Real super-heroes don't shoot fireballs. Each of us ought to be striving to be the best we can be with what we have, not worrying about whether anyone else was given more than we have. [/QUOTE]

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