The Evolution of Man

[tigerluver]

(12-04-2016, 06:40 AM)Polar Wrote: Unlike in apes or other primates, humans seemed to have developed extremely higher rates of psychopathy within a population number. I think this is due to humans facing predators, large and small, throughout their expansion. Activating one's survival instincts for a prolonged period of time (in fear of being stalked or attacked) can have a devastating impact on the brain; these impacts include carelessness about other life forms, greater sudden physical retaliation, extreme self-importance, and a few other factors. For some, psychopathy became a way of life, and this trait transfused into some modern humans. Psychopathy is also linked to a greater "survival instinct" in some humans with the trait, granting them greater "flight-or-fight" responses to threats.

I would have to say the opposite on the bolded. Those seem to the instincts of all life. Pass on its genes and all else does not matter. Humans have the potential to go beyond that, which makes us odd. Reply