Is gold traded dearly as an important mineral because it deserves it, or because people want to do so? In fact, gold itself has never said, “I am gold, and call me gold” nor does it have any intention to help people. It is we people that named it gold and put value on it.
Many years ago, as another example, a lion was no more than a predator that threatened our lives and something to avoid, or kill. But these days it has become something to protect and preserve, although the instinct, aggression of a lion is the same as it used to be. Why? It is not because a lion deserves it but because we want to do so that a lion is well-treated nowadays. Finally, the evaluation of everything depends on beholders.
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