[ExI] Self improvement

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Fri Apr 22 16:56:42 UTC 2011


On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

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> The difference is that "friendly" is meaningless until defined.
>
> Please define "friendly" in formal terms, including context.

In *some* circumstances humans are friendly (cooperative) toward other humans.

There are non-zero sum game reasons rooted in evolution as to why
humans (conditionally) act this way.

The switch between alternative human behaviors has also been under
evolutionary selection for a long time.

I have been discussion this for years on this list and other places.

The works of Azar Gat and Steven Leblanc are critical to understanding
this subject.

Keith



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