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Not quite the UF Philosophy Corner | by MatthewDBA | 2009-05-12 09:02:00 |
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Nature has given us two conflicting sets | by Peace_man | 2009-05-12 10:07:09 |
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by MatthewDBA |
2009-05-12 10:14:36 |
| about the motivations provided by our social nature, on the one hand, and by evolutionary pressure, on the other, then all social animals (who, after all, are all subject to evolution) will have these motivations: they will "strive to be seen as superior ... to eliminate the competition". I don't see this happening with, for example, social insects. |
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When a honey bee hive gets too large, | by Peace_man | 2009-05-12 10:23:28 |
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Hmm. | by MatthewDBA | 2009-05-12 10:26:20 |
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To take it a step further: | by retiqlum2 | 2009-05-12 10:50:10 |
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It's true those "Natural Laws" are figments | by bitflipper | 2009-05-12 11:00:57 |
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That's bullpucky. | by retiqlum2 | 2009-05-12 11:15:07 |
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And who said that | by MatthewDBA | 2009-05-12 11:18:04 |
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Which is why I hold the Leviathan to be necessary | by bitflipper | 2009-05-12 11:32:52 |
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That is far from my experience with humanity | by jaqie | 2009-05-12 11:47:08 |
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To "denigrate," sure | by bitflipper | 2009-05-12 12:40:11 |
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I have. | by jaqie | 2009-05-12 12:44:35 |
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Isn't that just | by MatthewDBA | 2009-05-12 12:48:00 |
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I was speaking in context directly in | by jaqie | 2009-05-12 12:56:00 |
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My misreading - sorry. (n/t) | by MatthewDBA | 2009-05-12 13:04:36 |
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Cruelty to those who do not conform, yes | by bitflipper | 2009-05-12 13:58:25 |
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Its not so much people arent pathological as much | by confused.brit | 2009-05-12 14:16:45 |
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Well, but I'm deliberately exempting children | by bitflipper | 2009-05-12 14:22:54 |
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what im trying to say is more along the lines of | by confused.brit | 2009-05-12 14:41:16 |
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Ah. True, for the most part. | by bitflipper | 2009-05-12 14:59:28 |
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It doesnt extend so well if your different somehow | by confused.brit | 2009-05-12 12:45:21 |
