Another Leaf on the Vine
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Quote:This goes some way toward explaining why it's so easy to make people do evil things, or at least not very nice ones. When we take action because we've been ordered to, we feel less in control of the outcome. We feel less responsible. The experience is so profoundly different that our brains actually process it differently.
Of course we're still left with an ethical question. Why don't more people fight their urge to follow orders, and make their own choices? The answer to that one may be beyond the realm of science—for now.
Current Biology, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.067
http://arstechnica.co.uk...force-people-to-be-evil/“I sometimes marvel at how far I’ve come - blissful, even, in the knowledge that I am slowly becoming a well-evolved human being - only to have the illusion shattered by an episode of bad behaviour that contradicts the new and reinforces the old. At these junctures of self-reflection, I ask the question: “are all my years of hard work unraveling before my eyes, or am I just having an episode?” For the sake of personal growth and the pursuit of equanimity, I choose the latter and accept that, on this journey of evolution, I may not encounter just one bad day, but a group of many.”
― B.G. Bowers
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its the bell curve chan. about 75% of them are biologically wool bearing livestock. they cant be saved, they simply can only be led. "loph girl incarnate / lab rabbits included"
kids dont try anything annie does at home ,
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Another Leaf on the Vine
Posts: 554 Joined: 29-Jul-2013 Last visit: 26-Aug-2023
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I think you got that right, Anne. I just wonder why more people don't try swimming against the current, even just a little bit, now and then... “I sometimes marvel at how far I’ve come - blissful, even, in the knowledge that I am slowly becoming a well-evolved human being - only to have the illusion shattered by an episode of bad behaviour that contradicts the new and reinforces the old. At these junctures of self-reflection, I ask the question: “are all my years of hard work unraveling before my eyes, or am I just having an episode?” For the sake of personal growth and the pursuit of equanimity, I choose the latter and accept that, on this journey of evolution, I may not encounter just one bad day, but a group of many.”
― B.G. Bowers
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Posts: 804 Joined: 28-Sep-2014 Last visit: 15-Aug-2019 Location: towers of atlantis
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people forget to ask .........who says ? who the fawk are you anyway? whats in it for you? what stone is that written on? and most of all " you paying the bill?" bottom line , ignore everyone but benjamin franklin. if you aint next to a portrait of benjy, i dont care. "loph girl incarnate / lab rabbits included"
kids dont try anything annie does at home ,
for for scientific / educational review only.
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I'm not sure swimming against the current is the most efficient use of ones energy, perhaps finding your way to the bank and digging a new tributary for you and yours might be a better solution. Rabbits can't build holes to go down in the middle of the river. Or....be like the Beavers. Inconsistency is in my nature. The simple PHYLLODE tekI'm just waiting for these bloody plants to grow
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Posts: 804 Joined: 28-Sep-2014 Last visit: 15-Aug-2019 Location: towers of atlantis
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Sphorange wrote:be like the Beavers. that was fine till the cig boat was invented. load up and throttle all four engines......... wildlife can dive for cover. vroom vroom.......... ill be damned , before ill be dam-ed. "loph girl incarnate / lab rabbits included"
kids dont try anything annie does at home ,
for for scientific / educational review only.
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