You are wrong about Human Evolution

[uppityperson]

Humans have not evolved as far as they think they have.

Many people think humans are logical, that they look at information, mull it over, come to a decision based on that.

This is wrong.

They actually are emotional beings who make emotional decisions then seek data/information to back up those emotions. This is why they are so easily manipulated.

As all other creatures, humans are fearful for good reason. If they were not cautious, were not fearful, they would not have survived in times past. Hear that branch snap? Adrenaline! Fight or flight RIGHT NOW!!!!

While we have made significant technological advances, we have not evolved psychologically, or physically, to the point of being first and foremost thinking logical creatures and it is a mistake to believe we have.

People are easily scared, and the scare tactics actually work.

[slackmaster]

1. Where on Earth did you come up with "Many people think humans are logical"?

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

3. Friends. I know, it is illogical. Glad to amuse you.

[CommonSensePLZ]

11. I've heard this somewhere before, too. nt

[slackmaster]

14. Not from this man

[HillbillyBob]

2. Land of the Brave.............

be skeert!

[uppityperson]

4. Not just USAnians but humans all over.

[Kennah]

5. Roughly 6 outta 10 American voters ...

... appear to agree that American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.

[uppityperson]

6. 42% repubs confident Pres Obama born in USA...

http://www.alternet.org/story/148723/it%27s_not_the_end_of_the_world_--_7_things_progressives_need_to_keep_in_mind_about_last_night%27s_gop_%27wave%27?page=1
"5. A wave of low-information voters says more about our media and education system than our politics. In late July, a much discussed poll revealed that only 42 percent of Republican primary voters were confident President Obama was born in the United States. Compare that to 77 percent of the electorate at large."

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. there is more, political leanings

are now thought to be genetic. Oh and religion and politics have way too much in common... when you do MRIs

[Igel]

8. What makes you think evolution is teleological?

That there's a goal to which we've been evolving?

I know it's emotionally satisfying to believe that evolution constitutes progress to some aethetically appealing end state, but really.

I rather enjoyed the stick in the eye to that kind of thinking implicit in the Star Trek: TNG episode in which Deanna and Riker are "evolved" millions of years into the future and turn out to be non-sentient oversized salamanders. (Versus B-5's vision of evolution leading to sentience, and sentience leading to disembodied creatures of "pure being".)

[uppityperson]

9. There is de-evolution also, generally thinking of "evolution" as progressing

positively.

[Posteritatis]

12. That is also a profound misunderstanding of what evolution is. (nt)

[uppityperson]

15. A simplistic way of dividing it up. There are splitters and groupers

etc.

Evolution is evolving and yes, not always towards a "higher more perfect state" whatevertheheck that means.

[Naturyl]

10. Yep, this is correct.

We're just a few thousand years out of the caves. On the time scale of the universe, that's nothing.

Humanity is still barely adolescent. The bulk of our growing up remains in front of us.

[Arugula Latte]

13. Evolution is just adaptation to conditions in the environment by taking advantage of

genetic mutations.

[OregonBi]

16. my oh my - what an emotional post....

silly as hell too...Einstein's theories of relativity were based purley on emotions.
Did ya hear - emotions put a man on the moon too!

[uppityperson]

17. Thanks for your support, guess you disagree that people are easily scared, and scare tactics work

not sure wtf you are talking about otherwise, non sequiturs and word salad instead.

[Fuzz]

18. As Bill Hicks said, evolution didn't stop when we got thumbs people.