Let hear them conjects

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      We are social animals that evolved to work cooperatively. We have deeply ingrained mechanisms that encourage pro-social behavior.

      I agree. People are by default “good” and want happy lives within their communities. It’s when tribalism steps into the scenario that most problems arise.

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        Yes! Cooperative behavior can that result in kin selection, where the individuals of the community have similar fitness. However, selfishness and deception are exceptionally beneficial behaviors for increasing the fitness of a particular individual. That is just within the same species. Perhaps tribalisms are another form of kin selection?

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      People are basically good, but criminally ignorant on average.

      Just look at Asmond Gold’s recent ban. I doubt the dude would ever even think about shooting a Palestinian himself, but boy will he happily dehumanize an entire culture as easy as taking a sip of water!

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        Yes. I looked that up, it seems he said something very nasty on his Twitch stream and was temp-banned.

        Do you think a fourteen day ban is an effective deterrent? Why?

        I think he is at least in part rewarded with publicity. We are currently discussing him, right?

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          Dunno’. I hope so, but Asmond has proven to be a bit … uh… dense. Hopefully he at least learns not to use such negative language when he supposedly doesn’t mean the entire meaning.

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        This question has gone back and forth a lot, and the data says: both! The overall development of organisms depends the sum of the effect of the genes, the environment, and the gene-by-environment interaction. In conclusion, to predict human behaviors and personalities, we need a new zodiac system that accounts for multiple hemispheres, precipitation, elevation, socioeconomics, pandemics, popular movies, climate change, and the genome.

        “I was a Porky’s kid, born in the southern hemisphere, I ate well, was raised in good home, I had access to education, and it was back when climate change was still deniable. Most people did not know what a pandemic was. I’m genetically predisposed to hair loss.”

        “Ma’am, you are, what we call, a Jaguar-5-hypercrab-superbear, and I’m going to have to ask you to go with the nice officer now.”