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In reply to the discussion: This is Corion Evans. While he was driving in Mississippi, he saw a car swerve and crash... [View all]Sympthsical
(9,215 posts)Major figure in early Christianity. He's more or less where we got the quote, "Virtue untested is no virtue at all." (The context for the research being the quest forms in early literature, its origins, and how Christian cultures heavily lifted it from Jesus in the wilderness, etc.)
Anyway, I spent a week on this question and human nature. How people will say, "I would run into a burning building. Wouldn't even have to think about it." However, one never knows until they're actually in that situation. All bravado and theoreticals melt away in the face of tangible reality.
It's always kind of amazing to see people like Corion. Most of us say we would, but that is different from committing to the act.
There was another young man who did similar recently. One thing you notice in these stories is the entire lack of hesitation.