Flight is the most basic task. The next two are fuck and fight. (there's also shit, piss, eat, drink, and sleep, but those are so simple they can barely be called tasks).
But you're overlooking a lot of factors, such as pheromones and your brain calculating that if you don't join in the stampede you'll be crushed by it.
P.S. Yeah, the Internet has allowed stupid people to socialize and communicate with each other in ways hitherto unimaginable and the results are horrifying.
And letters make up words, but words aren't just a bunch of letters.
rational = "really thinking things through"
Still want to claim that most people are rational?
Most people act on instinct. 51% of people even think that acting on instinct is the highest virtue ("woman's intuition"). 99% of the rest are too stupid to think anything at all.
He might not know you personally, but frankly, you probably don't know yourself all that well either. All you're working with is an idealized self-image. Get back to us when you have some empirical evidence to back up your claims about yourself one way or another.
All people are animals, but not all people are equally thus. Obviously those with a "nothing matters but my spawn" mentality are closer to typical animals than those who are capable of more profound thoughts.
It's cute because these same nations are held up by many as paragons of virtue in terms of human rights, health care, standard of living, etc... Just don't voice an illegal opinion and you'll be fine, that's all.
And it's true. Because what those people really mean when they say "human rights" is "animal rights." The right to feed, the right to shelter, the right to veterinary care, the right to fuck, etc. The right to think or speak freely? Who the fuck needs that when you have all those other amazing rights.
Wait... so you're saying that if someone screamed "fire" and everyone around me began panicking, I would do the same?
Yes, unless you're a "sociopath*" or want to get labeled as one.
But it isn't as if he'll lose all control of his thinking and some magical entity will take over his body and force him to do things against his will. Any choice he makes is still his own decision.
That magical entity is called a psyche or subconscious. Stupid people have them, and they make up a larger percentage of their ego, but you have one too. E.g. fight or flight instinct. Ever heard of it?
But yeah, any restriction on the freedom of speech no matter how "justified" is unacceptable. Just the way it is, and the world would be a better place if all the people who thought otherwise would move to North Korea. (No, I'm not being sarcastic.)
* Remember kids, "individual" is just a wrong way to spell "sociopath."
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I don't know if that's true or not. So I don't know.
rational = "really thinking things through"
Still want to claim that most people are rational?
Do I personally want to ask you how you know this and whether you can prove this? Yes. You did state it as a fact, after all.
Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell, Taste. Mostly the first two.
Flight is the most basic task. The next two are fuck and fight. (there's also shit, piss, eat, drink, and sleep, but those are so simple they can barely be called tasks).
But you're overlooking a lot of factors, such as pheromones and your brain calculating that if you don't join in the stampede you'll be crushed by it.
P.S. Yeah, the Internet has allowed stupid people to socialize and communicate with each other in ways hitherto unimaginable and the results are horrifying.
And letters make up words, but words aren't just a bunch of letters.
rational = "really thinking things through"
Still want to claim that most people are rational?
Most people act on instinct. 51% of people even think that acting on instinct is the highest virtue ("woman's intuition"). 99% of the rest are too stupid to think anything at all.
By the way, where exactly do you think instincts come from?
He might not know you personally, but frankly, you probably don't know yourself all that well either. All you're working with is an idealized self-image. Get back to us when you have some empirical evidence to back up your claims about yourself one way or another.
All people are animals, but not all people are equally thus. Obviously those with a "nothing matters but my spawn" mentality are closer to typical animals than those who are capable of more profound thoughts.
It's cute because these same nations are held up by many as paragons of virtue in terms of human rights, health care, standard of living, etc... Just don't voice an illegal opinion and you'll be fine, that's all.
And it's true. Because what those people really mean when they say "human rights" is "animal rights." The right to feed, the right to shelter, the right to veterinary care, the right to fuck, etc. The right to think or speak freely? Who the fuck needs that when you have all those other amazing rights.
"Free speech." That's a pretty nice idea you got there. I'd keep it to myself if I were you though. If you know what's good for you, that is...
Wait... so you're saying that if someone screamed "fire" and everyone around me began panicking, I would do the same?
Yes, unless you're a "sociopath*" or want to get labeled as one.
But it isn't as if he'll lose all control of his thinking and some magical entity will take over his body and force him to do things against his will. Any choice he makes is still his own decision.
That magical entity is called a psyche or subconscious. Stupid people have them, and they make up a larger percentage of their ego, but you have one too. E.g. fight or flight instinct. Ever heard of it?
But yeah, any restriction on the freedom of speech no matter how "justified" is unacceptable. Just the way it is, and the world would be a better place if all the people who thought otherwise would move to North Korea. (No, I'm not being sarcastic.)
* Remember kids, "individual" is just a wrong way to spell "sociopath."