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Only the ones too afraid to confront the reality get speared.
You'd think the fish would catch on.
The ones not speared would reproduce more, or something.
That story is from the 50's, I wonder if they still fish the lake that way.

Yeah man, you're right about that. Fear is the mind killer.

If it was a sustainable way of fishing, they might still be doing it. I like the metaphor in any case!