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Who says arranging for reproductive partners has to involve intensity? If everyone was equally relaxed...

by code_duck 8y ago

Uhhrrr 8y ago
Then they'd get out-reproduced by the occasional mutant, until the current state of affairs would reappear.
- code_duck 8y ago
  Yes, presumably this is only a result of conditions that cause reproductive competitiveness. So a better phrasing could be “Impatience and a craving for intensity leads to a higher rate of reproduction”. Presumably, because that impatience is impatience for sex. If it was impatience for say, graduation, or craving for the intensity of a cocaine high or physical violence, that would not lead to reproduction. So it’s basically saying that having a high sex drive leads young people to reproduce. Okay.
- Volundr 8y ago
  Would they though? I'm sure everyone has met someone at some point who has come on far too strong (or observed it) and it can be quite a turnoff. That "high intensity" mutant could have a very hard time finding partners.
  - code_duck 8y ago
    Right, if everyone is relaxed, it’s not clear that someone who is high intensity has an advantage in personal interaction.
    - cco 8y ago
      It depends on how you define "relaxed", if you mean low CNS arousal as a base state but can easily move into a highly aroused state when needed then maybe. But if you mean low CNS arousal generally then I completely disagree, someone that pushes to 100% will out compete you if you never breach 50% assuming equal ability. If you and I both have the same capacity for strength but you are an intense person and I am not you will be the stronger one in the short and long term. Same goes for the intelligence question as well. However modern society short circuits part this general behavior though and all bets are off though I still think it holds true. It is often not the best political or business idea that wins, it is the one someone is willing to push through. Human relationships are similar, an activation energy must be reached in order for mating to happen and someone with a higher intensity is more likely to reach that activation energy more often.
      - code_duck 8y ago
        I don’t understand - do you mean basic alertness or persistence? I think the concept was that someone overly driven might overshoot the ‘activation energy’. However, this conversation has grown insane in the mixture of vagueness and specificity.

Who says arranging for reproductive partners has to involve intensity? If everyone was equally relaxed...

Uhhrrr 8y ago

Then they'd get out-reproduced by the occasional mutant, until the current state of affairs would reappear.

code_duck 8y ago
Yes, presumably this is only a result of conditions that cause reproductive competitiveness. So a better phrasing could be “Impatience and a craving for intensity leads to a higher rate of reproduction”. Presumably, because that impatience is impatience for sex. If it was impatience for say, graduation, or craving for the intensity of a cocaine high or physical violence, that would not lead to reproduction. So it’s basically saying that having a high sex drive leads young people to reproduce. Okay.
Volundr 8y ago
Would they though? I'm sure everyone has met someone at some point who has come on far too strong (or observed it) and it can be quite a turnoff. That "high intensity" mutant could have a very hard time finding partners.
- code_duck 8y ago
  Right, if everyone is relaxed, it’s not clear that someone who is high intensity has an advantage in personal interaction.
  - cco 8y ago
    It depends on how you define "relaxed", if you mean low CNS arousal as a base state but can easily move into a highly aroused state when needed then maybe. But if you mean low CNS arousal generally then I completely disagree, someone that pushes to 100% will out compete you if you never breach 50% assuming equal ability. If you and I both have the same capacity for strength but you are an intense person and I am not you will be the stronger one in the short and long term. Same goes for the intelligence question as well. However modern society short circuits part this general behavior though and all bets are off though I still think it holds true. It is often not the best political or business idea that wins, it is the one someone is willing to push through. Human relationships are similar, an activation energy must be reached in order for mating to happen and someone with a higher intensity is more likely to reach that activation energy more often.
    - code_duck 8y ago
      I don’t understand - do you mean basic alertness or persistence? I think the concept was that someone overly driven might overshoot the ‘activation energy’. However, this conversation has grown insane in the mixture of vagueness and specificity.