dimreepr

Today, because if I don't live until tomorrow, how can I be of any use then; other than what I do today. I'm guessing you don't have children, well, at least, not one's you 'now' care about.

There are three types of bias: 1, The bias we want to showcase to society, the bias we're proud of. 2, The bias we want to hide from society, the bias we're ashamed of. 3, The bias we want to ignore, the bias we hide from ourselves. How can you be sure? If you've never faced "the grim reaper" with both lives in the balance and he's asking you to choose. I'm not saying you wouldn't choose your only child; but what if you've got a daughter too? As deep as our honesty will allow.

What makes you think a teacher has no bias?

And we're back to bias; a bully ("normal person") has been taught that tough love is a kindness, at one end of the spectrum, while at the other, a bully ("sociopath") has been taught that tough is a way too win. A sociopath can also be taught that kindness is a way to win. There is no manual for how to be a good person, if one ignores a bible or two; but if we start with the premise that, we are all capable of good and bad, and it's the bad that deserves our pity; even when our bias demands retribution.

So, is a bully born or taught?

Well, you can't swim away...

What's brain volume got to do with the price of eggs? We can't tell how clever we are compared to our parents, let alone great great/etc. grandparents... The aquatic one can/can't, depending on the fluid??? 🤔 The fact that your average human is more comfortable in a gaseous "fluid" environment, would suggest, to me at least, the aquatic one can't... 😉 We don't have to swim to catch fish...

What makes you think that "a really evil person" can exist? The army of the righteously indignat think they're being ethical, by expressing thier moral supremacy. They're not evil, they've just been taught... wrong...

Just for the record, I gave you that +1 🙂

I haven't read this thread, so I apologise to those who have made a similar point. Of course our ancestors crawled out of the ocean's, to live in a different version of a fluid ocean and so of course we wouldn't evolutionarily discard a fluidic benefit. Of course it's true, but people swimming is not part of human evolution. 😉

What's your point? I've worked with a lot of autistic people, on all the points of the spectrum and they're all capable of loving another person/people, but not all of them know how to show it to that person/people. As it relates to humility, I'm not sure they recognise its benifit or the problem of pride; it's only really a problem, when the rest of us are jealous of such-and-such because of their imagined successful/better/happier life.

I think the biggest problem is the roots, a root free tree could easily fly in a hurricane. 😉

Doesn't it boil down to the fundamentals of language? I think, will always be different too AI think, however much data about I, it ingests.

I see, thanks. No it's never a free market, they are all subject too the law's and the moral outrage of their culture (the initial conditions). I disagree, within their culture it's fine to profit from the work of the people invested in, but not from the work of money alone. Has Tesco's tried opening a shop in Iran? I have no idea if they have a shop in Iran, but if they have, I bet it was hard work.

I'm not sure how this relates to the post you're quoting? Besides, apathy within our sphere of influence is, I think, just another word for contentment; and within our societal norm's, is desirable. Apathy, when one can positively affect an unjust situation, is deplorable. So apathy is yet another yin-yang of humanity. Every true authority figure would be humble, by definition (because a true leader, leads by example); authority figure does not equal authoritarian.

Only if you're playing a different record...

I suppose I'm talking about values, in the market, over value; and how growth based on values is more sustainable, than growth for the sake of value.

We have to be careful about the narrative of our goals, success doesn't have to mean a happy ending. What if you don't achieve any of them? The story of your road can be successful, if you're happy that you've travelled it.

Well then, I hope your goals are achievable; there is only one world champion.

It can be argued that digging up long dead thread's, to reply without, apparently, reading that thread, in order to provide your wisdom, is egotistical. Your time here may be better spent, in thinking of an original question.

Then why do we tend to measure our success against that of other's? If it's purely subjective then I'm, automatically, more successful than my dead friends...

It's based on value, not money; that's the problem with capitalism. Shariah, by banning monatory interest, introduces the value of investment over the value of the asset; only an accountant can see a value, in striping the asset of it's value.

That's like saying "If a lion could speak/type english, then how would you know it's not human?". Language is much more than just words, fundamentally, it requires a shared culture for true understanding.

All paths are subject to yin-yang; a dark path may lead to light...

I think both questions are equally valid. Indeed, but the difference depends on the culture in which the question is asked; my original question isn't culturally dependant.