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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (78058)	4/14/2000 2:01:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

The point was simply that similar organisms faced with similar problems tend to arrive at similar solutions. People who are cold and afraid of the dark will discover fire, people who need to climb steep drops will invent the ladder, people who need to explain the incomprehensible will conjure up Gods, people who need to figure out how to live together in peace will invent morality and law. I see no evidence to suggest that any of these are innate. They are simply practical responses to common problems. An example: cultures around the world evolve "moral" principles governing who may have sex with whom. They come up with various solutions, but almost everybody has a code of some sort to deal with the matter. Now, is this because we have an innate need to govern our sexual conduct, or because sexual jealousy is and has always been a leading cause of conflict within social groups? How many cavemen, valuable warrior/hunters all, bashed each others heads in over sex-related disputes before someone came up with the bright idea (doubtless attributed to the spirit of choice) that some form of regulation was required? Quite a few, I'd guess.