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01-02-2013, 10:08 AM
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RE: Primate news
* http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...--+Apes%29 (Bonobos Predisposed to Show Sensitivity to Others)
WOW! How hard is it to get that our propensity toward empathy is hardwired.... even a chimp knows it!?! 
There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson Perception is up for grabs, and truth seems to be the one precious thing, that no one wants anyone to find. |
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01-02-2013, 01:05 PM
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RE: Primate news
(01-02-2013 10:08 AM)kim Wrote: * http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...--+Apes%29 (Bonobos Predisposed to Show Sensitivity to Others) One of the co-authors, a world famous primatologist, is coming out with a book next month called The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates. The main point is to show that morals are in-born, so I'm sure he will touch upon the natural empathy of our primate cousins. The only draw back I see is that, although he is an atheist, the author Frans de Waal is not a big fan of the Neo-Atheist movement. |
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11-02-2013, 08:30 PM
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I'm currently reading a book on Chimpanzee culture for my class on biological anthropology. This sentence explains the odd effects of habituating primates with foodstuffs (the emphasis is mine):
Quote:At Wamba, the superabundance of sugar-cane may have led to high frequencies of food-sex orgies of bonobos. The scenario paints a pretty picture doesn't it? I'm glad I am reading this in my house because I'm pretty sure I would have been thrown out of the library for laughing so loud. |
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11-02-2013, 10:30 PM
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RE: Primate news
(11-02-2013 08:30 PM)ghostexorcist Wrote: I'm currently reading a book on Chimpanzee culture for my class on biological anthropology. This sentence explains the odd effects of habituating primates with foodstuffs (the emphasis is mine): That certainly is a pretty picture, Mr. Ghost Exorcist. "Nobody can tell what is right and what is wrong; what is righteous and what is evil. Even if there is a god and I had his teachings right before me, I would think it through and decide if that was right or wrong myself." - Near, Death Note |
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11-02-2013, 10:57 PM
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RE: Primate news
(11-02-2013 10:30 PM)Free Thought Wrote: That certainly is a pretty picture, Mr. Ghost Exorcist. This news cast rams the point home (no pun intended) with censored bars and porn music: |
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11-02-2013, 11:11 PM
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RE: Primate news
(11-02-2013 10:57 PM)ghostexorcist Wrote:(11-02-2013 10:30 PM)Free Thought Wrote: That certainly is a pretty picture, Mr. Ghost Exorcist. You certainly know how to find.. interesting.. stories. To say the least. Such odd apes. "Nobody can tell what is right and what is wrong; what is righteous and what is evil. Even if there is a god and I had his teachings right before me, I would think it through and decide if that was right or wrong myself." - Near, Death Note |
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