@PoisonAero no, that doesn't make it pathological. reciprocal altruism is an adaptation, not something cause by disease. @Outsideness
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@hbdchick@PoisonAero It's an extinct adaptation. And I thought we'd already shelved the disease thing. (Is cancer not pathological?)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness we can't shelve the disease thing if you keep using the word pathological. (~_^) most cancers prolly are in part pathological.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick Pathological =/= diseased. See #2 definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pathology …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick .. Still better line of confrontation, disease =/= infection, see basically anywhere. Wikipedia does fine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick ... "The term disease broadly refers to any condition that impairs the normal functioning of the body." -- Killing you counts.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness no. traits selected out via natural selection is not the same as an impairment of normal functioning of body.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Outsideness eh? now you're *really* not making any sense.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@hbdchick Your (and @JayMan471 's) arbitrary deference to folk medicine is showing.
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