Comments on: the cockroach who saw purpose in Life http://thenakedpost.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/the-cockroach-who-saw-purpose-in-life/ Yup, Its SFW! Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:40:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: howtostartafire http://thenakedpost.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/the-cockroach-who-saw-purpose-in-life/#comment-342 howtostartafire Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:00:08 +0000 http://thenakedpost.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/the-cockroach-who-saw-purpose-in-life/#comment-342 i agree -- we are (mostly) motivated by selfish impetuses (even though there do exist some examples of selected altruism) mostly for biological reasons. it is evolutionarily efficient (in most cases) to care first and foremost about the self. i don't think there's a meaning either. i think we socially construct these things that are "important" to us as so to distract ourself from the "meaningless abyss". happy writing. i agree — we are (mostly) motivated by selfish impetuses (even though there do exist some examples of selected altruism) mostly for biological reasons. it is evolutionarily efficient (in most cases) to care first and foremost about the self.

i don’t think there’s a meaning either. i think we socially construct these things that are “important” to us as so to distract ourself from the “meaningless abyss”.

happy writing.

]]> By: swamygee http://thenakedpost.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/the-cockroach-who-saw-purpose-in-life/#comment-265 swamygee Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:27:14 +0000 http://thenakedpost.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/the-cockroach-who-saw-purpose-in-life/#comment-265 yeah could be...i had the same doubt some years back.. i even went to the extent of devising an experiment where i record the dogs bark in each situation, like when it sees another dog (both sexes) or when it sees a stranger etc and compare the waveforms with other dogs. But as fate would have it my dog died a few days before the experiment began :( yeah could be…i had the same doubt some years back.. i even went to the extent of devising an experiment where i record the dogs bark in each situation, like when it sees another dog (both sexes) or when it sees a stranger etc and compare the waveforms with other dogs. But as fate would have it my dog died a few days before the experiment began :(

]]> By: vicky http://thenakedpost.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/the-cockroach-who-saw-purpose-in-life/#comment-264 vicky Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:18:06 +0000 http://thenakedpost.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/the-cockroach-who-saw-purpose-in-life/#comment-264 i have always thought to myself that dogs barking may be a language...and only dogs understand that. right? i have always thought to myself that dogs barking may be a language…and only dogs understand that.

right?

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