(February 17, 2017 at 3:55 am)paulpablo Wrote:(February 17, 2017 at 3:49 am)Won2blv Wrote: I totally get what you're saying. I just believe that we think that humans evolved cognitively so much faster than the other sapiens for a reason, because they started working together. Wouldn't you agree that its amazing that some/most (I don't know which one) animals have a warning system in place. Like they're all saying, we don't want to do this if we don't have to. Then there are animals that kill just because it is their need. Even then, it is rare for animals to kill, just simply to kill. There always seems to be an evolutionary justification.
So humans have the cognitive ability to have moral values that are similar to other animals, but are far more advanced. Humans have the ability to not just give inalienable rights to humans, but some even go to great lengths to give those basic rights to other animals.
So while I agree with what you're saying, I just don't think that our wars serve any evolutionary advancement. Not to be confused with them being BASED in an evolutionary advancement
You'll have to tell me what you mean by serving evolitionary advancement.
You were asking about the root of evil and giving example of military/terrorist aggression as examples of evil.
So my point is that the root of military/terrorist/general human aggression is the same primitive aggression seen in all animals.
Acctually I should correct myself and be more specific, I mean the same primitive aggression you'd see in animals related closely to us in terms of evolution, such as other apes.
I am sure you would agree that whatever it is that makes us feel a sense of awe, was exploited by intelligent human brains to create gods and religion. You surely would agree that a sense of awe could be a useful evolutionary tool but the use of it by a cognitive brain made it into, well, religion and gods. That paired with a number of other visceral emotions were exploited, probably in conjunction with other evolutionary tools, like the desire to be powerful.
So, for a chimp species, it would be a useful tool to not just get into every fight with every other animal, so throwing a stick would be a could determent that would avoid an all out battle. Humans have taken that same evolutionary advancement of protecting yourself, and your "tribe" and turned it into knowledge that could literally wipe us off the face of the planet in minutes.
I can't say for certain, but it seems like evolution would never produce a product that could have the ability to obliterate all of life. So, humans ability to focus evolutionary tools on delusional beliefs is not a good thing when the beliefs are extreme
