Bill Wiltrack wrote:.
Human beings are extremely selfish, stupid, and mean creatures.
And also giving, intelligent and generous creatures.
Yet we are nothing if not liars.
Well, we can lie but that depends upon the character and occasion.
If humans were to be best described in one word that word would be - liar.
If, but I think self-conscious the more defining feature.
It is said that the ONLY reason we invented language is so that we could lie to each other better.
Er! How did we manage to lie before language?
We did not invent language, you'd know this if you'd raised a child, language is inherent in the human.
So that we could look each other square in the face and openly lie and deceive one another.
No, language is an inescapable part of what we are and whilst we can lie and deceive the main reason for it is to communicate.
Indeed, when we are made aware of this fact we feel momentary shame and embarrassment - ...
You might but since it is not a fact in the sense you wish it I think this just your issue.
but then, more often than not, we grab a lie, a stream of thoughts, and cover ourselves.
Streams of thoughts are not lies unless you wish them to be, which you obviously do as you are a gnu.
...individual egos.
What about them? More to the point, your use of 'individual' is superfluous here as how could an 'ego' be anything else? Come to that, what do you mean by an 'ego'?