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To: one_less who wrote (81917)	11/25/2009 6:35:29 PM
From: LLCF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 82486

<Fear of loss is a powerful motivator though.> Yep... some people take discussions more "personally" than others... "Gain" and "Loss": Primordial I suppose...taken in a broad context I've heard it said that it is an elaborate version of this that is the human ego: 1.) Take a single celled organism, it's interface with it's world (mind) could simplistically be looked at as "good and bad"... food- move towards, reproduce; poison- move away. Poison = death. 2.) With higher beings the interface becomes more elaborate... some 'fight', some run, more elaborate strategies, mating, etc. 3.) Humans would be the ultimate in elaborateness but really the mind works the same way. Any argument is probably simply a primordial "getting" or "losing". In today's society (especially the West) this has simply 'morphed' as society 'morphed'... ie. "getting" and "losing" isn't just food... it's second homes and boats... Probably what is referred to as relativism. Yet, the "ego"... (whatever you want to call it)... our "getting" and "losing" instinct is probably hardwired at some level. Probably why it's so important to get out of the mall and travel once in a while. :)) Just babbling. :)) DAK

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