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It was today, like an hour ago at the most.
I always assumed that it was also because some people are more inclined to lead while others are more inclined to be lead. Hierarchies form very naturally and they ruin the communist system. Although having money in the equation certainly doesn't help. The way in which genes work is that mutation causes them to arise. They each have a certain effect on the body (called a phenotype, if it affects outside of the body it is called an extended phenotype; like a beaver's dam for instance). If the body they are in procreates there is a 50% chance they are passed on to the child. This makes things quite complicated as "bad" genes can also be passed on. Anyway, a gene or group of genes that basically say "Look after, feed and protect your children" would be very successful as it would mean that many offspring would survive. This would mean that it would spread throughout the population until almost all of the individuals in the species have a copy of that gene. However, it will not only be children. Brothers and sisters also have a 50% chance of having the gene, as do your parents. Cousins, uncles/aunts etc have less chance and less the further out you go. This means that any resources that are invested in distant relatives are going to have less of an effect on the survival of that particular gene and therefore a gene for being helpful to your distant relative will be less successful than one for looking after your children. In the wild animals have evolved different ways of looking for their children. It is often by smell or pheromone as they will usually all look the same xD This means that even if memory is lost an instinct will tell them that they have to look after the child. In humans, however, as we have become so atypical to other organisms our genes are all misfiring. That is why there is adoption. People feel drawn to looking after children in general, not just necessarily their own. Animals in the wild also adopt other young, sometimes not even from their own species. That is how powerful genes can be, making us do the completely illogical through a simple misfire.
You obviously missed the earlier thread where this was tested. Rep-rolling, the Rick-roll of tomorrow.
I honestly don't think I have ever seen a picture that big on the internet before.
Pretty colours.
xD I shall message you every day till the end of time <3 I am heading into town now for lunch and possibly drinks :o Talk later ;D xoxox
xD Fun times. I just noticed the difference in our number of profile messages. I have 39 and you have 5849 :P
I still don't have a clue =D It's surprising how fast my post count is going up now that I hit prem >_>
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO D: I started trying to and got completely lost in all the different options then gave up ;D
It was After Dark. OMG THAT BOOK WAS AMAZING. It was so odd, my favourite part was the whole man with no face part ._. Anyway, back on topic ;D It's not so much that there is a gene for not sharing food. There is a gene that says "Only share food if it is a close relative". Genes that mean you're more likely to procreate and for your children (and other close relatives, who are more likely than not to be carrying the same genes as you) to survive to procreate etc. Although environmental conditioning cannot be ignored, far from it. Nature may decide the starting parameters but it is all nurture after that (no matter how detrimental the "nurturing" actually is). Lol, that is so off-topic xD Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I suppose vigilantism could be compared to Communism. Good on paper but fails because it involves humans lol
I think that being vegetarian is arrogance. It's saying "Oh look at us, we can eat meat but we aren't going to because we are better than that. We aren't animals anymore". We are still animals, and omnivores at that. We need to eat meat for several important nutrients and minerals. We did not evolve to only eat vegetables, so why change that now? Although, it is completely different if people just don't like meat. At least they have a reason >_>
FINALLY, someone who has not succumb to the profile editing virus D: I salute you.
xD They shall have to be added to the reading list. WAIT, MURAKAMI?! Isn't he Japan's most famous author outside of Japan? I think I read one of his books D: Can't remember the name though =/ On the gene point, the individuals who were more selfish tended to survive more and so had more children and so here we are. It is selfish actions that have evolved, and that we need to break free from. As for vigilantism, it falls victim to selfishness as we are all after all, human.
You should read the Mars trilogy. After the second revolution they set up their own government and society based on all of the experience and history of Earth. It turns out to be a pretty interesting government. Not perfect mind you, but then again perfection can not be what we aim for. The problem is it is literally in our nature to be selfish. Evolution made us that way, because it helped us as individuals survive. But hopefully now that we have broken free of our gene's control we can also break out of those primal mindsets.
To be honest I was/am the same. Most people are. They only think of their own rights and forget that everyone else has the exact same protection. That's the deal, if we want to be able to say whatever we want we have to let others say whatever they want. We can counter and argue with them sure, but we can't stop them from saying it.
You are talking about changing centuries of societal development in a generation or two? I wish you luck :P I do realise that all I have suggested do not deal with the root cause. There is very little that does, and the plans that are currently being implemented seem to be having very little effect. Society seems very resistant to change =/ On the point of technology, I know it is there. The BBC recently did a piece on it saying that it would know the speed for the particular road that you are on and not let you go any faster. I think it's great, I have always wondered why cars are manufactured with the capability to go faster than 70 mph when there is nowhere in the country they can go that speed.
I see vigilantism as an extension of the justice system, in that when the justice system fails or is ineffective vigilantism takes over. The law is too restricted by itself for justice to be served in many cases and sometimes the community has to deal with it itself. However, I know from the experience of living in Northern Ireland that vigilantism can not be a permanent state of affairs. It may start out with the best of intentions but the people involved quickly succumb to corruption. As they are not regulated by the legal system there is nothing stopping them. They do things that they see as "right" even if that view is not shared by the community. Over here justice seems to come more often than not from a bullet to the knee cap >_> But I do understand why it starts up. Our justice system is pathetically inadequate. Our jails are full so they release prisoners early and don't put new ones in in the first place, charges are watered down, people get out early for acting like they are really sorry (I mean really, how does an apology equal 10 years off of your sentence?) What really pisses me off is drink drivers and speeders. These people are obviously not capable of driving safely and yet are still on the roads. They should be banned from ever driving again after three strikes or a death! And if they are caught driving after the ban they get put in a wheelchair so that they are not physically able to drive a car. Our society and justice system are far too soft on criminals. It's time we wake up and realise that if you break the law you are no longer equal to someone that hasn't. Simple as that.
Usually any child brought up in a religious family to follow that particular religion has been brainwashed. They have been told that there is only one way and that their parents way is the right way. As for it being "spiritual" I have to disagree. The universe is based and run by the laws of physics. Everything that happens in the universe happens by interactions of particles, real or imaginary (and yes, that is a scientific term). Anything that happens that contravenes the laws of physics would be supernatural. Supernatural meaning outside of nature and the laws of physics. This just isn't possible. The universe forbids it.
I personally think some of her better songs are the one's she hasn't even released. You can find them on Youtube though. They are from her later college days as well as when she was doing the clubs before she hit the big time.
