Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?

Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by vidanay on Sunday January 01, 2023 @04:17PM (#34211010)

#3 really hits home when you realize we have rules for killing each other (war). And we have separate legal trials to determine if someone broke those rules while trying to kill someone else. The penalty for breaking the rules about killing someone often is to be killed.

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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by throwaway290 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @09:19PM (#34213473)

Probably most rules that we have are there to prevent us (admittedly this applies mostly to men) from killing each other.

That's why "rules are just constructs we humans created" rings stupid/horrifying. Obviously they were created by humans but that is also why they matter. I prefer "rules were written by humans, mostly in blood". It took years for OP to get the first part, here's to them getting the second part faster.

One doing something wrong to another would get families into an infinite loop of mutual revenge--until we got around precisely to create rules and put up a trusted authority to ensure justice without the need for vengeance. Rules is how our civilization functions and its only hope.

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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by sanroot98 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @10:11PM (#34255395)

Honar killing

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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday January 01, 2023 @11:47PM (#34214477)

> 3 really hits home when you realize we have rules for killing each other (war

Those are some of the oldest and most important ones

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