Timeline for How can I make humans NOT WANT to investigate how a supernatural ability works in an intelligent, non-human creature?
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| Jul 13, 2018 at 18:56 | comment | added | OhkaBaka | No combination of these things has ever STOPPED humans from doing things they are compelled to do. You can slow it down, but you can not stop humans from learning or trying to learn. | |
| May 28, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | Thaylon | Yes, those reasons are probably the best one can find. However, i believe a taboo would not exist, if there weren't people who followed the tabooed practice. The danger of investigating the species would not be known without trying to actually investigate (and danger has never stopped human curiosity on a species level). And finally, a compact or treaty would also not exist without people having done just that - also, from wales to elephants, a compact does not stop all of human indivduals. | |
| May 28, 2015 at 11:57 | comment | added | user6415 | I really dont think, that a 'taboo' would work globally, and in modern circumstances. And there is huge profit to gain if you can figure out how some of their abilities work. | |
| May 28, 2015 at 6:13 | comment | added | House | Considering that the creatures apparently share the planet with the human-likes, any compact would have to stand the test of time (or it already has), since the human-likes are in the present day. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 23:00 | comment | added | PipperChip | @Nit OP never asked for this reason to withstand the test of time, just a good reason not to. There are still subjects, areas of research, and methods which are anathema. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 22:50 | comment | added | Etheryte | Researching the human anatomy used to be taboo but look where we are now. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 21:38 | comment | added | user | Hmm... good ideas. I really like the idea of a compact as you explain it. It goes well in line too with these creatures being intelligent enough to actually negotiate with humans. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 21:29 | history | answered | PipperChip | CC BY-SA 3.0 |