(September 20, 2011 at 2:50 am)Carnavon Wrote: I am no expert on animal bedhaviour so I would really be stupid to argue on this. The alternative to "evolve" would be that it has been "programmed. I think some of the old behaviourists called it "instinct". Is it not a possible alternative - whether you agree with it or not?
Programmed eh. Are you suggesting we are all part of a super computers game of 'the sims'?
This is certainly a more plausible argument than some ridiculous god thingy.
But overall evolution is the most plausible explanation for social behaviour as evolution has a good track record in this area.
There is no need for the god hypothesis.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.