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Fri Mar-05-10 05:39 PM
Response to Reply #8 |
| -"Do Kinder People Have an Evolutionary Advantage?" |
onestepforward |
Mar-05-10 05:01 PM |
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What I do find remarkable - our family is quite empathetic and sensitive, in general - |
NRaleighLiberal |
Mar-05-10 05:05 PM |
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My parents raised me very similar to yours |
onestepforward |
Mar-05-10 05:35 PM |
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Thanks so much - right back at you! My wife and I are fortunate to have wonderful girls. |
NRaleighLiberal |
Mar-05-10 09:00 PM |
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delete - dupe post |
NRaleighLiberal |
Mar-05-10 09:00 PM |
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Oh, yes, industry leaders and state leaders are soooo kind. NOT. nt |
valerief |
Mar-05-10 05:08 PM |
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In some cases, yes |
Warpy |
Mar-05-10 05:10 PM |
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I agree. |
onestepforward |
Mar-05-10 06:19 PM |
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This is why I hate shows like Survivor. |
arbusto_baboso |
Mar-05-10 05:12 PM |
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absolutely |
G_j |
Mar-05-10 05:17 PM |
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Seconded! |
knixphan |
Mar-05-10 07:52 PM |
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Bingo. If anyone read a book they'd realize the tribes that survivor take its names from... |
slampoet |
Mar-05-10 05:31 PM |
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even that's not entirely the case. |
unblock |
Mar-05-10 05:34 PM |
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That's because the reward is unrealistic: only one winner. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Mar-06-10 12:54 PM |
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So are compassionate people more evolutionarily advanced? |
Betsy Ross |
Mar-05-10 05:18 PM |
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Of course we're more evolved. Look at us compared to Freepers. |
Raschel |
Mar-06-10 12:52 PM |
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That enormous WHIRRing sound is Ayn Rand |
Lyric |
Mar-05-10 05:19 PM |
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I thought this too. |
onestepforward |
Mar-05-10 05:45 PM |
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family, & thus community, generally furthers itself through cooperation and nurturing |
G_j |
Mar-05-10 05:26 PM |
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Good point. |
onestepforward |
Mar-05-10 05:39 PM |
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The problem with this theory is that one only needs to be... |
followthemoney |
Mar-05-10 05:29 PM |
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You are mistaken. In order to pass on the genes the child must survive into adulthood to reproduce. |
slampoet |
Mar-05-10 05:32 PM |
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That is what kind hearted sucker Moms and voters are for. nt |
followthemoney |
Mar-05-10 05:41 PM |
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Sentence context do have you? |
slampoet |
Mar-05-10 05:45 PM |
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If ass-holes were not evolutionary successes, there would not be |
followthemoney |
Mar-05-10 07:29 PM |
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and look how we are sinking. and as we wise up and quit being such assholes, betcha |
seabeyond |
Mar-05-10 07:34 PM |
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Wow, I love this post and hope it is true. |
Mike 03 |
Mar-05-10 05:49 PM |
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I Disagree |
NashVegas |
Mar-05-10 06:35 PM |
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"the appearance of kindness is what gets you laid" |
AllenVanAllen |
Mar-05-10 07:08 PM |
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Yes, but there is more to your genes survival than getting laid. |
Incitatus |
Mar-05-10 07:17 PM |
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I took Elwood P. Dowd's advice long ago |
DoBotherMe |
Mar-05-10 06:41 PM |
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This is the great question, isn't it? |
Canuckistanian |
Mar-05-10 07:31 PM |
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Kinder people give everybody else an evolutionary advantage.nt |
athenasatanjesus |
Mar-05-10 07:34 PM |
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I don't buy it, kind people just get stomped on..... |
Joe the Liberal |
Mar-05-10 07:46 PM |
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that is such bullshit, and stupid beside that. kind does not mean doormat. i have never understood |
seabeyond |
Mar-05-10 07:48 PM |
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I completely disagree. I got stomped on, picked myself off, and stayed true to my nature. |
NRaleighLiberal |
Mar-05-10 09:01 PM |
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Because I occuppy an odd niche in motorsports |
Mopar151 |
Mar-05-10 11:50 PM |
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Dupe. n/t |
Joe the Liberal |
Mar-05-10 07:48 PM |
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"successful as a species precisely because of our nurturing, altruistic and compassionate traits" |
The2ndWheel |
Mar-05-10 08:50 PM |
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There is a species continuing to exist, and times when it moves forward. |
NRaleighLiberal |
Mar-05-10 09:03 PM |
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Please define success. n/t |
Cerridwen |
Mar-05-10 10:28 PM |
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Success as a species |
The2ndWheel |
Mar-06-10 10:12 AM |
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Read anything by primatologist Frans de Waal. |
Crunchy Frog |
Mar-05-10 09:45 PM |
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LOL! Sub-rats then! |
EFerrari |
Mar-05-10 10:04 PM |
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or read "the moral animal" by robert wright |
mopinko |
Mar-06-10 12:05 PM |
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Well, the Reductionist world view certainly falls apart when one tries to account for altruism |
KittyWampus |
Mar-05-10 09:51 PM |
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There are so many kind people at the top of our socioeconomic and political systems.. |
Fumesucker |
Mar-05-10 10:01 PM |
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What would indicate our "socioeconomic and political systems" are |
Cerridwen |
Mar-05-10 10:27 PM |
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Everything is "evolutionary" in that everything effects evolution.. |
Fumesucker |
Mar-06-10 12:09 PM |
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The 1% at the top exhibit anti-social behavior. |
AllenVanAllen |
Mar-05-10 11:33 PM |
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Yes... that's what was meant by... |
cameozalaznick |
Mar-05-10 10:06 PM |
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That's the only damn way the meek are going to get anything, inherit it.. |
Fumesucker |
Mar-06-10 12:14 PM |
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OT but perhaps fitting in this thread. |
Cerridwen |
Mar-05-10 10:24 PM |
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Offering & receiving kindness & hospitality is important in human relations... |
bridgit |
Mar-05-10 10:30 PM |
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Iterative Prisoners Dilemma Games demonstrated the utility of cooperation and occasionally cheating |
aikoaiko |
Mar-05-10 11:43 PM |
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There is a good documentary about this |
onestepforward |
Mar-06-10 12:02 AM |
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"Sympathy is indeed wired into our brains and bodies, |
AllenVanAllen |
Mar-06-10 12:39 AM |
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The current state and massive trending in our modern America, sadly, seems to fully disprove this |
tom_paine |
Mar-06-10 08:50 AM |
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current data would confirm.... the complete opposite of what you say. |
seabeyond |
Mar-06-10 10:18 AM |
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I think we are actually saying the exact same thing. |
tom_paine |
Mar-06-10 12:10 PM |
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Google "Law of Requesite Variety". Being good all the time is not good |
conspirator |
Mar-06-10 09:18 AM |
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but then, being at my most selfishness also is the kindness. because |
seabeyond |
Mar-06-10 10:19 AM |
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This makes more sense to me than the prevailing belief in America. |
rucky |
Mar-06-10 10:13 AM |
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Yes. I am proof of that. |
Cetacea |
Mar-06-10 11:24 AM |
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k |
G_j |
Mar-06-10 12:49 PM |
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This reminds me of a quote from the film |
AllenVanAllen |
Mar-06-10 02:17 PM |
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