[ExI] Rational vs good

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Wed Jan 19 15:34:40 UTC 2011


On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:00 AM,  Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 18 January 2011 05:11, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This would make it a "rational" war mode by definition, wouldn't it?
>>
> >From the viewpoint of genes yes. ?From the viewpoint of the poor
>> schmuck who gets his ass shot off, no.
>
> If "rational" is a synonim of "good", you are right. But even good is
> essentially a matter of perspectives, isn't it?

Indeed.  For you a hamburger is good.  From the viewpoint of a cow . . . .

Keith



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