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← Universal love and the good of the species make no evolutionary sense

17 connected korrents · 5 moments from 10 Jan 2024 to 19 Jun 2026.

Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Universal love and the good of the species make no evolutionary sense Universal love and the good of the speciesmake no evolutionary sense RD Richard Dawkins — holds since c. 1976–1989 — tap for who they are Same subject: Natural selection has no mind and does not plan for the future — tap to centre the map on it Natural selection has no mind anddoes not plan for the future RD Richard Dawkins — holds since c. 1986 — tap for who they are Same subject: Since love is work, the essence of not loving is laziness — tap to centre the map on it Since love is work, the essence ofnot loving is laziness MP M. Scott Peck — holds since c. 1978 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only selfish privilege stops us extending equal consideration to other species — tap to centre the map on it Only selfish privilege stops usextending equal consideration toother species PS Peter Singer — holds since c. 1975 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one who looks at nature as connected can still believe humans were separately created — tap to centre the map on it No one who looks at nature asconnected can still believe humanswere separately created CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution may explain good and evil tendencies but gives no better reason to prefer good — tap to centre the map on it Evolution may explain good and eviltendencies but gives no betterreason to prefer good TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: One might say that human happiness is not part of the plan of creation — tap to centre the map on it One might say that human happinessis not part of the plan of creation SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Explaining evolution is not advocating a morality based on it — tap to centre the map on it Explaining evolution is notadvocating a morality based on it RD Richard Dawkins — holds since c. 1976–1989 — tap for who they are Same subject: People unsuited to civilization should not have their natures broken to match the tame majority — tap to centre the map on it People unsuited to civilizationshould not have their natures brokento match the tame majority HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since c. 1851–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind ismostly our own bias: it predictstext, and leverages our evolvedhabit of attributing intentionalityto anything that acts human. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. — tap to centre the map on it A selection signal can be validatedwithout a significance threshold, bymeasuring how far it is enriched formutations an entirely independentstudy says affect a trait. Last stated 6 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection — tap to centre the map on it A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificingmembers would defeat most othertribes, which is natural selection CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Universal love and the good of the species make no evolutionary sense Last stated c. 1976–1989 Holds Richard Dawkins Read this korrent →