Saw her - wasn't sure if it was her name or the band name.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Coloretti" <[email protected]> To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:18:32 PM Subject: Re: Audiobooks (or, the human race) It's a her....... On Oct 6, 2011 4:47 AM, < [email protected] > wrote: > Haha - This conversation went from audiobooks to the genetics of humans. too > funny. On a different note - has anyone heard of the band called Feist? I was > checking out iTunes yesterday and saw it - haven't listened to them yet. > > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "XDude" < [email protected] > > To: "feistfans-l" < [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:35:39 PM > Subject: Re: Audiobooks (or, the human race) > > > > > The human race as a whole would not have survived the “caveman” stage if it > did not have genetically-imprinted behaviors to provide for and protect > others, and to ensure that all mouths are fed. > > The idea that humans are entirely self-serving equates us to being more like > reptiles. > > Humans have an instinctual need for approval and recognition. At a genetic > level, we actually care what other people think, and most peoples’ behaviors > are more out of recognition and approval than anything else. > > > > > > From: Patience > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:26 PM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: Audiobooks > > > > " Humans are biological entities, therefore at the core of their need > structure is three very strong drives: eat, have sex, and don't die." > > And they have one thing in common, looking out for ones self. Drives font > include looking out for others > > " because of our deficiency in physical strength learned to band together to > provide safety in numbers." > > " But we also are competitive, which is why we are seriously still into "my > tribe v. your tribe" mindsets. At best" > > " realize that food, sex, and survival are at the foundation" > > > At the core of all of that is that they are looking out for themselves and > their happiness ergo selfishness. > > Look at why humans in general do what they do: breed, survive, succeed, find > happiness = looking out for ones self. > > " Within those very large groups of behavior there are millions of > variations." > > But the same base instinct > > " Self-sacrifice? History is full of it." > > Yeah there are things that drives them which go against their nature and cant > be explained, like when a hippo saves a young springbok from alligators or a > lioness adopting young gazelle 9 times it is Very very rare, but the lion > still kills to eat. > > one "self sacrifial act" does not make someone selfless. can someone do that > all their life? > On Oct 6, 2011 4:53 AM, "Raymond E. Feist" < [email protected] > wrote:
