Just like God, human nature has been blamed for one too many things. And I often wonder what is defined as human nature. I am more inclined towards belief in genetic disposition than just human nature.

Often, saying that certain behaviourial patterns are due to human nature, just does not convince me. It seems more like an excuse or a sigh of resignation, rather than a genuine, sincere explanation. Human civilization could not have come so far based on just human nature. Then and now, we have to conquer ourselves. To survive in modern society, we have to overcome our human nature.

Ascribing an action or mindset as human nature, naturalize and demystifies their very cause, explaining nothing. While it takes away the finger pointing, it disempowers the individual, setting him up against a named but undefined enemy, invisible and intangible.

It is our world and our life, if there is something we do not like, I suppose it is our responsibility to change it, not blame it on some obscure, nebulous abstraction.