RE: I have said it before. human history.
July 30, 2019 at 8:47 am
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2019 at 9:08 am by Anomalocaris.)
If one consider the point coldly, the Emotive “we are all the same specie” actually doesn't imply duty or obligation, or any reason to be generally nice or considerate to each other, as Brian evidently think it somehow unanswerable does. That is except for the case where one is primarily interested in having intercourse with random member of “we” for more than fun.
Evolutionarily, the fiercest and most direct competitor is usually other members of one’s own specie, so the greatest survival advantage is often to be gained by making sure one wins at the expense of other members of one’s own specie. Remove another from existence so he stops competing with you all together, all the better. Given that we are relatively free from predation by other species, that state, however ugly as it sounds, indisputably applies in some degree to our specie now.
That we are all the same species can thus in turn be interpreted to mean we should be particularly aggressive, vigilant, and give no quarters when dealing with most of our fellows, all of whom have similar needs and wants and are thus our most direct evolutionary competitors. We actually have less cause to be nasty to our fellows had they actually been sufficiently different from us as to constitute another specie, in which case they will likely have sufficiently different needs and wants so as to compete with us less.
Evolutionarily, the fiercest and most direct competitor is usually other members of one’s own specie, so the greatest survival advantage is often to be gained by making sure one wins at the expense of other members of one’s own specie. Remove another from existence so he stops competing with you all together, all the better. Given that we are relatively free from predation by other species, that state, however ugly as it sounds, indisputably applies in some degree to our specie now.
That we are all the same species can thus in turn be interpreted to mean we should be particularly aggressive, vigilant, and give no quarters when dealing with most of our fellows, all of whom have similar needs and wants and are thus our most direct evolutionary competitors. We actually have less cause to be nasty to our fellows had they actually been sufficiently different from us as to constitute another specie, in which case they will likely have sufficiently different needs and wants so as to compete with us less.
