Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[ConcinusMan]

Neigh, We can, and we want to, but it is too hard.

I still say it's more than that. I still say that no matter how much we want to, we cannot deny our basic instincts. And yes, like all animals we are programmed with instincts which cannot be defied, ignored, or changed. And we are not the only animals that take more than they need so don't go making the lion all noble. Given the opportunity, they will kill for pleasure. They will kill when they're not even hungry. Crows and jays do it, marine mammals do it, and many others.

So what changes would you have us make? For us all to have compassion for one another, to be charitable and take care of each other? Even those things are done out of shelfishness. We do those things because it makes us feel good. Even giving is a selfish act. One does it, to make themselves feel good.

Just to lighten things up a bit...

[ConcinusMan]

150 years since the Origin of Species (Darwin 1859) « Neuroanthropology

[Stefan-A]

Neigh, We can, and we want to, but it is too hard. It's so easy to stay in the rut where we are then to even consider how to dig ourselves out. LAZY. Easier just to continue on as we are, were n will be.

In other words: We don't want to.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Pretty much everything would be better off if we never evolved.

[Stefan-A]

Pretty much everything would be better off if we never evolved.

Well, it was either that, or go extinct.

[EasternGirl]

The entire town that I live in was supposedly built on an "Indian" burial ground...that and over an underground railroad. There are all these legends about the town being haunted because of it. That, and the fact that Edgar Allen Poe...was kicked out of one of our most favorite bars for bringing prostitutes in...lol. He wrote part of The Raven in the bar...it was an Inn at the time. Lots of history in Newark, DE. The movie that gets me is a movie called Matewan...written about the Italians and Africans that were coerced over to the U.S. to work in the coal mines of West Virginia as slaves. It actually tells the story of how my family came here.

[Chulio]

This conversation is so huge on so many levels. Things do improve but they also get worse too. Just say many many years ago man was in an area of the planet and the rest of the planet was doing well. Were we supposed to just stay there or build only up so we did not disturb other areas? Man builds, invents and destroys all at the same time. My philosophy is to have balance in everything. Balance is and has been the answer since the beginning of time. I can't control others but try to lead by example and I help people and the planet whenever I can. Hating to me is wasted energy. Hating all white people because of what some did years ago. What does that have to do with an infant born today. My wife/soul mate of 25 years was killed by a drugged up drunk driver. I will never be friends with the lady but I don't hate her. I don't think about her much at all anymore. We are here a short time and should cherish that time. But instead most people make their decisions based on how it will work out for them. Balance is the key.

Jimi

[ConcinusMan]

My philosophy is to have balance in everything. Balance is and has been the answer since the beginning of time. Balance is the key.

Jimi

There hasn't been balance for quite some time. But not to worry, nature won't put up with the imbalance forever.

Well, it was either that, or go extinct.

And we nearly did.

[Stefan-A]

There hasn't been balance for quite some time. But not to worry, nature won't put up with the imbalance forever.

Shouldn't refer to nature as if it was a conscious being.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, yeah. You get the point. I'm sure you've probably heard "nature hates a vaccum". Well, we all know that nature doesn't actually "hate" anything.