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SQA · 2012-10-21, 10:32

A human without restraint on their personal power is a scary, scary thing. All but the most well trained & well educated will fall to the emotional appeal that the power gives them. They'll stop thinking long term and live to the fullest in that moment. (I.e. they've been removed from the long-term consequences of their actions, so any whim is acceptable to them)

This is one of those reasons that Civilization is always a risky proposition. It's taken thousands of years of practice to train up people that can assume working together, for the long term benefit of yourself and those around them, is a solid idea. Someone with unchecked personal power (the Patient Zero PKer) is not likely to be one with the supremely ingrained sense of duty capable of handling that type of power. Even with that, the power will eventually corruption them thoroughly without some form of check.

So, irrespective of possible emotional changes due to PK power, what happened should be an expected result in most cases. Most especially once they start viewing themselves as batter than "normal" humans. Humans are a scary thing, really.

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SQA Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012	A human without restraint on their personal power is a scary, scary thing. All but the most well trained & well educated will fall to the emotional appeal that the power gives them. They'll stop thinking long term and live to the fullest in that moment. (I.e. they've been removed from the long-term consequences of their actions, so any whim is acceptable to them) This is one of those reasons that Civilization is always a risky proposition. It's taken thousands of years of practice to train up people that can assume working together, for the long term benefit of yourself and those around them, is a solid idea. Someone with unchecked personal power (the Patient Zero PKer) is not likely to be one with the supremely ingrained sense of duty capable of handling that type of power. Even with that, the power will eventually corruption them thoroughly without some form of check. So, irrespective of possible emotional changes due to PK power, what happened should be an expected result in most cases. Most especially once they start viewing themselves as batter than "normal" humans. Humans are a scary thing, really.