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To: Nebullis
It may be biologically imbedded but even if so, that does not offer any hope of resolution to the issue of how it could have evolved. The first poor sucker to develop such traits would be taken advantage of by the clinical sociopaths all around them.
7 posted on 07/19/2002 8:36:59 PM PDT by Ahban
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To: Ahban
The first poor sucker to develop such traits would be taken advantage of by the clinical sociopaths all around them.

The altruism lobe may be well-developed but those who try to activate it get this response more often than not:
Please, Mother, I'd rather do it myself!

9 posted on 07/19/2002 8:45:31 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: Ahban
It may be biologically imbedded but even if so, that does not offer any hope of resolution to the issue of how it could have evolved. The first poor sucker to develop such traits would be taken advantage of by the clinical sociopaths all around them.

Sort of like the difficulty of the first bird that hatched from a dinosaur egg? Most people see this as a non-issue.

10 posted on 07/19/2002 9:37:47 PM PDT by Nebullis
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