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Bane Necran
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Posted - 2012.10.29 15:08:00 -
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It's not an environment where we have much choice. Like locking a bunch of people in a room full of knives, you can bet they'll get stabby pretty fast.
"It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it." ~William Maugham |
Bane Necran
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Posted - 2012.10.29 15:30:00 -
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Eve Lunaris wrote:The strong consume the weak and the smart control the dumb. I see it as the natural order of what things should be.
Strong, weak, smart, dumb, are all just subjective labels. Dumb people often think other people are dumb, for example. And with technology there is no real 'strong' anymore. A toddler with a gun can kill a 6'5 body builder.
What you have is people simply being greedy and nasty, and trying to justify it with darwinian thinking, but ever since we left the wild old darwin has lost his grasp on us.
"It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it." ~William Maugham |
Bane Necran
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Posted - 2012.10.29 15:45:00 -
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Azumi Zimu wrote:Strong can mean more than just physically strong. I'm sure you've met someone who you would call a 'weak' person, and you weren't suggesting you could lift more than him.
Someones will can be strong, sure, but that could be applied to lots of things, and not just how eager they are to trample others to serve their own greed.
Being ruthless and selfish are primitive traits, seen in all manner of less intelligent creatures. It's higher brain functions like empathy which allow us to have advanced civilizations and some degree of order.
"It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it." ~William Maugham |
Bane Necran
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Posted - 2012.10.29 16:09:00 -
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There's been a fair amount of studies done into this, so took the liberty of rounding some of them up for your perusal.
New study suggests humans are not naturally violent.
Are humans Innately aggressive?
Early humans were prey, not predators. So were not warlike.
I know there's more links because i've discussed this before, but that should do for now.
"It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it." ~William Maugham |
Bane Necran
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Posted - 2012.10.29 16:32:00 -
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Gogela wrote:EvE is the world if it were populated with immortal, homocidal sociopaths. I don't think it's a good analog to RL ;p
I have a theory the human race tricked all the most violent and sociopathic to travel through the EVE gate, and have enjoyed centuries of peace ever since.
"It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it." ~William Maugham |
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