If.........

[Darth Handsome]

Figured you guys would be more into gerbils.

Uh oh. I think I can see where this can o' worms is going to go....

 

[machine gewehr]

Lemmiwinks?

 

[edpal]

^,^^,^^^ - don't forget the duct tape boys!

 

[Darth Handsome]

^,^^,^^^ - don't forget the duct tape boys!

Sage advice.....from a Christian. Or were you speaking from your "Mensa" perspective?

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

"Lucy" wasn't homo sapien. She was (spelling?) Astralopithicus; a bipedal hominid, but barely resembling a modern human. (IIRC)

nit pick nit pick nit pick. Considered the first found that more resembled humans than apes.
("Its not really a bass, it only has 4 string. Modern basses have 5 or more")

 

[Darth Handsome]

This "Lucy" sounds like a sweet girl.

 

[Unrepresented]

While I agree with this, I think us as the ultimate predator not only on the earth but in the universe too.

I doubt there's a life form that is more violent, twisted than us, and we'd probably find a way to make shoes out of Tyrannosaurus skin.

While humans could certainly improve our treatment of the earth and its denizens, I don't know that what we do is objectively worse than a lot of other animals. I think a lot of it, is that we do unpleasant things to creatures we have empathy for.

The spider wasp paralyzes spiders so that her larvae can feast on it alive. That's not very pleasant, but ultimately it doesn't evoke the same empathy because spiders aren't as adorable to our brains as "higher order" animals. Were we doing the same thing to baby bunnies close to Easter, the outroar would be nonstopical.

 

[fraublugher]

Or the male black widow , bearing gifts of shiny anal mucus to distract for a stealthy hump.

 

[machine gewehr]

Animals go by instinct though, however we are aware of the victim's suffering yet don't give a ☆¤○♤, in some cases enjoy the misery of others.

 

[Unrepresented]

Animals go by instinct though, however we are aware of the victim's suffering yet don't give a ☆¤○♤, in some cases enjoy the misery of others.

We don't have instinct?

 

[machine gewehr]

We don't have instinct?

Of course we do. We just have another side, a sick, twisted side.

No animal tortures and enjoyes just by instinct, that's what I'm trying to say.

 

[Darth Handsome]

No animal tortures and enjoyes just by instinct, that's what I'm trying to say.

I don't know. I've seen a cat play with a mouse for an hour before biting its head off & saw a grizzly at the zoo masturbate in front of a seven year old kid after getting rejected by his gf.

That part about the bear is true.

 

[nukes_da_bass]

Of course we do. We just have another side, a sick, twisted side.

No animal tortures and enjoyes just by instinct, that's what I'm trying to say.

Cats do. Watch them.play with mice til the heart attack sets in.

 

[machine gewehr]

Dude cats don't count, they're di¤●s.

But yea I get your point. However there's a big difference between playing with a mouse for an hour and killing millions of your own kind.

Also I'm pretty sure we'd do a lot better than cats during a tyrannasaurus encounter.

 

[Darth Handsome]

Dude cats don't count, they're di¤●s.

But yea I get your point.

Also I'm pretty sure we'd do a lot better than cats during a tyrannasaurus encounter.

I'll you a shilling my Siamese could meow one of those f******s to death.

 

[nukes_da_bass]

I'll you a shilling my Siamese could meow one of those f******s to death.

Give a handful of cats hands that can use tools and they will figure out the mechanics of genocide.

 

[machine gewehr]

Give a handful of cats hands that can use tools and they will figure out the mechanics of genocide.

True that, but did you know cats can be stopped by slapping chese on their heads? It's their cryptonite.

 

[Unrepresented]

Of course we do. We just have another side, a sick, twisted side.

No animal tortures and enjoyes just by instinct, that's what I'm trying to say.

Is higher consciousness a tool designed to negate our instincts or to enhance our application of those instincts?

 

[nukes_da_bass]

Is higher consciousness a tool designed to negate our instincts or to enhance our application of those instincts?

Both. Take clergy for example. Many stay chaste against nature for a lifetime. Many hide their perversion behind the cloister of expected chastity. Neither form.of behavior represents reproductive instinct- the higher mind is capable of hacking and overriding instinct for the greater good, or the greater evil.

 

[Unrepresented]

Both. Take clergy for example. Many stay chaste against nature for a lifetime. Many hide their perversion behind the cloister of expected chastity. Neither form.of behavior represents reproductive instinct- the higher mind is capable of hacking and overriding instinct for the greater good, or the greater evil.

This behavior is not limited to higher conscious beings. Honey bees have similar strategies for species survival that pit the individual below the group for genetic success.