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It's vaguely understood in my mind to ... some extent.. that per person there is a measurable amount of compassion to offer and shown to an extent of others. Choosing the others may be subconsious. A consious and subconsious choice may be determined by a large variety of things. For example, "If you like Radiohead, it is more likely I'm going to find excuses to be nice to you".
Perhaps open-mindedness and intelligence and more good things prevent wrongfully chosen situations.
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tree_ wrote:
It's vaguely understood in my mind to ... some extent.. that per person there is a measurable amount of compassion to offer and shown to an extent of others. Choosing the others may be subconsious. A consious and subconsious choice may be determined by a large variety of things. For example, "If you like Radiohead, it is more likely I'm going to find excuses to be nice to you".
Perhaps open-mindedness and intelligence and more good things prevent wrongfully chosen situations.
because you posted this, i'm more inclined to be nice to you
j/k - i wholeheartedly agree. it's even more important when you meet someone with a totally different culture than yours.
Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:37 pm Posts: 3655 Location: Saint Louis, MO Gender: Male
and but people also need to be genuine about it... ever have somebody patronize you and of course you don't tell them you know they're just 'putting on a show so as to not put me in the same sort of horrible mood you seem to be disguising'?
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and/or I mean...
like... motivations to be nice to people... making them genuinely happy in your presense.. people and/or creatures have this ability and/or will and/or whatever it may be more or less than others
like... motivations to be nice to people... making them genuinely happy in your presense.. people and/or creatures have this ability and/or will and/or whatever it may be more or less than others
Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:37 pm Posts: 3655 Location: Saint Louis, MO Gender: Male
Theresa wrote:
tree_ wrote:
and/or I mean...
like... motivations to be nice to people... making them genuinely happy in your presense.. people and/or creatures have this ability and/or will and/or whatever it may be more or less than others
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tree_ wrote:
Theresa wrote:
tree_ wrote:
and/or I mean...
like... motivations to be nice to people... making them genuinely happy in your presense.. people and/or creatures have this ability and/or will and/or whatever it may be more or less than others
ok, we have this ability.....
so all the and/ors.....
which and why and and...
will? ability? motivation?
there's no true altruism if that's what your talking about.
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windedsailor wrote:
tree_ wrote:
Theresa wrote:
tree_ wrote:
and/or I mean...
like... motivations to be nice to people... making them genuinely happy in your presense.. people and/or creatures have this ability and/or will and/or whatever it may be more or less than others
ok, we have this ability.....
so all the and/ors.....
which and why and and...
will? ability? motivation?
there's no true altruism if that's what your talking about.
there's no true altruism. and I'm not being flippant. all action comes from selfish motivations and intentions. This is not a bad thing, it's how humans are built, and works very well in helping to propel a society forward- there's nothing wrong with doing things for your own (selfish) reasons when it helps out others- regardless.
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malice wrote:
windedsailor wrote:
tree_ wrote:
Theresa wrote:
tree_ wrote:
and/or I mean...
like... motivations to be nice to people... making them genuinely happy in your presense.. people and/or creatures have this ability and/or will and/or whatever it may be more or less than others
ok, we have this ability.....
so all the and/ors.....
which and why and and...
will? ability? motivation?
there's no true altruism if that's what your talking about.
there's no true altruism. and I'm not being flippant. all action comes from selfish motivations and intentions. This is not a bad thing, it's how humans are built, and works very well in helping to propel a society forward- there's nothing wrong with doing things for your own (selfish) reasons when it helps out others- regardless.
yes... but try explaining that to some people and they just explode! "no i did it for them not for me...i didnt get anything out of it so how"...blah blah blah if it doesn't make YOU feel good somewhere, no matter how deep down inside it is, then you wont do it...end of story if you do it then it makes you feel good in some way or another... selfish cocksuckers we are!
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