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Fri Mar-05-10 11:50 PM
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| 48. Because I occuppy an odd niche in motorsports |
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I have had occassion to source obscure parts from some top shops. If you are polite enough to not waste their time and respect their knowledge, they will go out of their way to help you, and the price will be fair. "And call me, let me know how it worked!"
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| -"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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