Quote:
Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It might be a failing in some respects but I don't believe it's served it's usefulness. When it has, it'll be evolved out. Right now, it's still incredibly impactful and relevant to people.
|
But it takes, like, a hundred thousand years for an evolutionary trait to be "evolved out" like that. Society advanced at a much faster pace than evolution. We have to deal with our biology lagging behind, or we'll regress to the point where our society matches our baser instincts. Suffice it to say, that won't be good.
The fact that it's impactful and relevant to people is a tautology. Of course it is; as everyone agrees, it's a human trait. We can't help but be predisposed in that way. What I'm saying is that that is a bad thing. It's a drag on human progress. Your position seems to be, unless I'm missing something, that "it's natural, therefore it's normative". That's a pretty easy position to discard, if so.