@Outsideness no. that doesn't make one sick. those ants aren't sick. their condition - nor that of nw euros - is *not* pathological.
@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?) -
@Outsideness we can't shelve the disease thing if you keep using the word pathological. (~_^) most cancers prolly are in part pathological. -
@hbdchick I agree that to talk about "altruism disease" would be misleading. (Though not in terms of the classical meaning of disease.) ... -
@hbdchick Pathological =/= diseased. See #2 definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pathology … -
@Outsideness what? "something abnormal"? again, the average behavioral traits of nw euros can't possibly be abnormal. they're normal.
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@hbdchick@Outsideness It isn't caused by reciprocal "altruism" (tit for tat). Tit for tat does not create a desert, it creates a garden. -
@PoisonAero yes. and it did create a garden: Western Civilization.@Outsideness
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