Ego Will Be the Downfall of Humanity

We can't accept the fact that we're not the center of the universe

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Human beings can be unfathomably selfish creatures.

Last Friday, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch in North Carolina.

Hours later, they would upgrade the watch to a winter weather advisory, stating that “hazardous conditions” and “dangerous impacts” could hit without warning.

The advisory was to remain in place through Monday morning.

According to The Washington Post,

“But the warnings did not stop a man from setting out Saturday along the 30-mile Art Loeb Trail in Pisgah National Forest, where he would hike and camp, the Haywood County Search and Rescue team said in a Facebook post. The strenuous trail, which takes hikers up to the summits of the Black Balsam Knob and Tennent Mountain in western North Carolina, is considered difficult even in good weather.

The hiker, who authorities have not identified, soon needed help.

As conditions worsened Sunday morning, the man, who had spent the night in frigid temperatures, fea…