The Double Edge Mind

By Samuel MUTABAZI


I sat down quietly, and saw something terrible about intelligent species?

 I pondered; is there any who knows who is right and who is wrong?

 humans are destroyers of what they built.

what should we call them?


Humans are an intelligent species, but intelligence does not automatically produce peace. In places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan, conflicts are fueled by competition over resources, power struggles, and weak institutions. In Sudan, fighting between rival military groups has displaced millions, while in Congo, armed groups continue battling over mineral-rich areas. These situations show that intelligence alone cannot prevent conflict when systems are unstable.

In the Middle East, the situation is deeply interconnected. The conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated in 2023, causing large-scale destruction and loss of life. Meanwhile, Iran supports groups like Hezbollah, which increases regional tension and creates a network of indirect conflicts that are harder to resolve.

At the global level, the war between Russia and Ukraine shows how advanced nations use modern technology in warfare. Cities have been bombed, and critical infrastructure such as power stations and water systems has been destroyed. This demonstrates how human intelligence can be used not only to build but also to dismantle entire societies.



The greatest tragedy is that ordinary citizens suffer the most from conflicts they did not start and often do not understand. Families in Congo, Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine are forced to flee their homes, lose loved ones, and struggle to survive without food, water, or safety. Many have no influence over political decisions, yet they bear the full weight of war’s consequences.

So, are humans truly an intelligent species? The answer is complex. Humans have built remarkable infrastructures, technologies, and civilizations, yet they also destroy them through conflict. Intelligence gives humans the ability to create and to destroy; what determines the outcome is not intelligence itself, but how it is guided by values, responsibility, and the willingness to choose peace.

What can be done? why we go to schools, universities, doing some research as intelligent species. Ties, suits, Ph.Ds. master's degrees, higher educations but knowing what is right and what is wrong stayed far from wisdom.


Nations suffer while intelligent species fly in private Jets, Un security council staff's salary come every month. 

Peace becomes impossible in intelligent species. Sudan' war started April 15, 2023, up to now? two intelligent species cannot find solution.

We better stop studying about animals' intelligence, we better find ourselves out who we are, what can be done to access a room that has never be accessed by great men that earth knew. 

solo.


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