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Terrific backgrounder. At some point everyone must wrestle with Hobbes' "state of nature". The counterpoints from modern neuroscience seem to suggest a hard-wir
by ArtWomb 8y ago
Terrific backgrounder. At some point everyone must wrestle with Hobbes' "state of nature". The counterpoints from modern neuroscience seem to suggest a hard-wiring in the brain for altruism. As well as a blurring of the hard boundaries between emotion, reason and memory than Hume, Kant or Hobbes would have imagined possible ;)
An Amygdala-Hippocampus Subnetwork that Encodes Variation in Human Mood
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31313-8 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31313-8
- wahern 8y agoOur altruism is a paradox. It's obviously genetic. And I think it's fair to say it evolved via natural selection, not gifted by the gods or aliens. Yet the nature of our altruism seemingly contradicts the mechanics of genetic evolution. Without resolving this paradox I don't think it's possible to fully understand either the nature of our altruism or the mechanics of natural selection. Resolving that question will be like moving from Newtonian physics to Relativity.