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I rather enjoyed this clip, and it addressed some issues I have with basic preconceptions people use in many arguments.
How do you know what is and isn't appropriate? What motivates you to work well with others, if you do so.
One of the main 'naturally moralistic' habits I see in people, is a common way of fighting; even though this doesn't really hold true. A good number of fights I have seen, stay reasonably safe, even though I don't understand the point of fisticuffs if there isn't a real problem.
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In the animal kingdom, expediency usually rules over morality, except for the stated instances, when strict competition would be harmful to the species. This is just another case of someone trying to project Human values onto animals.
warpcrafter wrote:In the animal kingdom, expediency usually rules over morality, except for the stated instances, when strict competition would be harmful to the species. This is just another case of someone trying to project Human values onto animals.
Since humans are animals and are subjected to many of the same evolutionary pressures, it is not farfetched to see examples of unselfish behaviour in animals as the primitive basis of moral behaviour in humans.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
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humans naturally form packs and our behavior isn't that different from chimpanzes or bonobos, part of our behavoir is genetic (as seen by ose with certain genetic defects acting differently to the norm) but most of it is caused by the enviroment we are raised in, there have been several cases were a child was raised by pack animals like wolves (the most recent one was a french girl who was a fully intergrated member of a wolf pack) i would say that its 40:60 genetics and enviroment
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Relictors: 1500pts
its safe to say that relictors are the greatest army a man , nay human can own.
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warpcrafter wrote:In the animal kingdom, expediency usually rules over morality, except for the stated instances, when strict competition would be harmful to the species. This is just another case of someone trying to project Human values onto animals.
Expediency and morality can be the same thing. It wouldn't be particularly beneficial to go around killing every person you saw, for example. Both in terms of continuing the species, and in terms of your own ability to survive. Socialization, and the happiness that it brings, is not something which is optional.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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It's also nice that we were shocking rats to test the strength of their love. Xenos scum!(?)
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