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i am sure it was.

nwo is a butt anyway

it is a mystery.

Altruism is pretty much any act that is not done for any CONSCIOUS selfish motive. I think that this is the most important thing to keep in mind here.

That said, I don't think altruism vs. selfishness really pertains to a thread on logic vs. emotion at all, since either one could be driven by logic OR emotion. I would definitely post in a thread about altruism vs. selfishness, though!

Well, I think it depends on your definition of altruism. And keep in mind that although genes program an organism to be "selfish", the organism isn't always conscious that a supposedly altruistic act is performed for conscious reasons. You think that the bee knows that she shares more DNA with her sisters than with her offspring and that this is the reason she sacrifices herself? Most likely not. Human parents don't even necessarily take that into consideration when deciding to fund their children's education.

http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpos...3&postcount=17
bro, ima be completely honest
yes i have issues with the wall street protests
but that is not at all what that thread is about
a buddy of mine just happened to make the facebook page and link it to me today
i've been sooooo wound up about the protests that this just compleeeeeeetely turned my mood around about the whole situation
it feels so much better to chuckle about the situation than argue about it
let the people have their protest
they're going to anyway
i'm just happy to not be mad about the subject at all anymore
and to finally be able to have some fun with it, using something I (and hopefully we all) love
:)

In this post, you bring up several instances of altruism arising in nature. Not only does this support Hipmonlee's point, but it is also irrelevant to the argument whether emotion or logic is more important. Also, I think you need to read up on alarm calls and bees, since the things you said in the thread are ever-so-slightly inaccurate. You really should check up on your facts before posting so that they are as accurate as possible, and perhaps you ought to read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, which talks a lot about the apparently parodoxical evolution of altruism and how it isn't really parodoxical at all.

No, I'm working on a game of my own design. Valkyrie is a game with almost 300 cards in the base set, and a unique backstory with a background story written for each card. Rather than grinding against AI, we're aiming to create a social experience with regular tournaments. On the collectors side, there will also be a binder and display feature for players to brag about their collection, complete with rare promo cards hidden throughout the game. Our goal is to create nothing less than the collectible sub-culture available in paper cards, but without players having to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to collect and compete.

its not

The thing is. Your the only one thats making any sense in that smogon murderer thread. Thanks for blindly defending a murderer just because hes on smogon.

I agree that the smiles hurt his case and all of it is pretty terrible, but he has evidence as well. I wasn't there, and was really talking more of a hypothetical situation in which we know there was serious abuse happening (and of course, personal to me). I am not saying in any way I would join that particular band of kids in this case.