27 Dec 10
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Originally posted by WajomaPeople are found to behave (somewhat) altruistically even to complete strangers they don't expect to meet again (standing up in a bus being a good example). This behaviour is particularly prevalent in societies with strong social security systems, because these societies tend to be more individualistic, thus favouring altruism towards strangers as opposed to altruism towards family or friends.
I do those things and others because of how they make me feel, thus it is not altruistic.
Edit: ...and generally I expect something in return in the order of aknowledgement i.e. a smile or 'thank you' if that aknowledgement is not forthcoming then that person is not likely to receive the same coutesy next time. A tr4ade is made, not an altruistiuc sacrifice.
27 Dec 10
Originally posted by KazetNagorrahaha "(somewhat)" Here I'll reword your post>
People are found to behave (somewhat) altruistically even to complete strangers they don't expect to meet again (standing up in a bus being a good example).
Approximate people are approximately found to approximately behave approximately generally in the vicinity of atltruistically even to approximate complete approximate strangers etc.....
27 Dec 10
Originally posted by WajomaHardly; your edit is a disingenuous rationalization. As KN points out, we do many acts of kindness to strangers with no expectation that we will ever encounter them again. And if you are really asserting that before you open a door for someone you are thinking "If I open this door, I'll get a thank you, so therefore I'm engaging in a trade" you're either A) Dishonest or B) Just plain weird.
I should have made a separate post this is debunked in my edit above.
27 Dec 10
Originally posted by no1marauderMatt C assumed responsibilty for setting off the grenade in the first place, guess that's going to be a hard one to prove with your beloved statistics, a questionaire isn't going to cut it D, we'll need to set up an experiment using live grenades, going to be difficult for the recruiters to find people to partake, even when people do respond to polls it is only representative of people that respond to polls and the sampe is already slanted.
Such acts, usually in less extreme form, are performed every day by virtually every human. If you've opened a door for someone or given up your seat on a bus to someone else, you've engaged in behavior that refutes the assertion Wajoma made in his post.
27 Dec 10
Originally posted by no1marauderPlus no more beating around, do people love others as they do themselves?
Hardly; your edit is a disingenuous rationalization. As KN points out, we do many acts of kindness to strangers with no expectation that we will ever encounter them again. And if you are really asserting that before you open a door for someone you are thinking "If I open this door, I'll get a thank you, so therefore I'm engaging in a trade" you're either A) Dishonest or B) Just plain weird.
Do you love your nieghbour as yourself just because he's the dude next door (taking the neighbour thing literally)
27 Dec 10
Originally posted by WajomaHave a read:
Matt C assumed responsibilty for setting off the grenade in the first place, guess that's going to be a hard one to prove with your beloved statistics, a questionaire isn't going to cut it D, we'll need to set up an experiment using live grenades, going to be difficult for the recruiters to find people to partake, even when people do respond to polls it is only representative of people that respond to polls and the sampe is already slanted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_morality
27 Dec 10
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungOMGWTFBBQ more people rich off of stolen land LOLOLOL musta been because of guns germs an Steel or such hahahahaha after all looka HOW GREAT the rest of mexico/central/south america is where the land wasn't stolen giggidy giggidy goo
The fact that most of her main characters are heirs whose families made their fortune on stolen land is extremely ironic.