Friday, August 6, 2010

Link: Emotions Had Selective Advantages

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19232-did-emotions-evolve-to-push-others-into-cooperation.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

2 comments:

  1. i wonder which one comes first? how about someone sincerely showing a gesture of gratitude without attachment to an outcome. or someone angry but concealing it with gratitude. thats prob manipulation at its best.
    I guess its all about one's intention. what are they using their emotions for?
    It would be much better to have anger in its most raw,honest form because then we would know the difference. and show gratitude for it afterwards :)

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  2. Honesty is the best policy! (Relationally, not evolutionarily!)

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