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wants are wants because we imagine having the want fulfilled will ___________. what's your take on the blank?
by cmrx64 6y ago
wants are wants because we imagine having the want fulfilled will ___________. what's your take on the blank?
- ironmagma 6y agoRelease dopamine. That’s not a need any more than buying a nice car is a need. It’s a want, and there is a difference. Needs are things required to survive; not buying a nice car will not kill you or anything like it.
- kwdc 6y agoA bit more exploration on this: Example: If I don't have transport then I can't buy food / do things to survive. Its 50km to the nearest shop. Etc etc Thoughts: I need transport but want a car, horse or bicycle. Perhaps I do need that car after all? A horse isn’t as useful when it rains. The bicycle won't fit four people. Perhaps I do need a car. Obvious requirements just appeared involving weather, number of people, moving capacity etc. But do I need the fancy car or will a less fancy car fulfill the requirements? There's the need vs want line as I see it.
- cmrx64 6y agopsychologically i’m not convinced the wetware differentiates them. dopamine is a mechanism for motivating behavior, to increase survival outcomes. when it comes to empathy (understanding others) this is what’s key. status symbols are socially real and the social realm is just as much a threat as anything else in the environment. more, maybe!
- ironmagma 6y agoYes, and that’s part of the problem. The distinction happens in the psyche — do you need to burglarize that car, or do you want to? Do you need to make moves on that attractive coworker (which would constitute harassment), or do you want to? The instinct does not know, the prefrontal cortex does. We can’t allow ourselves to empathize with anything that just pays attention to the raw impulses, because that will send us back to the jungle.