We channel our hunting instinct in FPS computer games, or professions such as soldier or policeman. We are ashamed of our sexual desire so we developed complex system of rationalizations that we call "love". And we don't want to admit that we enjoy dominating others, so we call the jobs where we are in charge, such as governor or mayor "public service".
What makes you think animals don't think high about themselves?
We are ashamed of our sexual desire so we developed complex system of rationalizations that we call "love".
Humans developed love? Seriously! Did we also develop gravity? Love is a universal (read: not limited to or developed by humans) attribute that we express to one extent or the other.
Inevitable name for an ancient concept of attachment.
Huh? I uh, huh?
> We are ashamed of our sexual desire so we developed complex system of rationalizations that we call "love".
Speak for yourself, I ain't ashamed of shit. Also, go buy a Labrador puppy. Or maybe google something like "monogamous animals" and/or "do animals feel love"
No, he gets the women because of his drive and social status. What the author fails to go into is that females have also evolved to seek men of high social status to father their children. The female genes are more likely to propagate if they mate with such a male, as their children will have similar traits. The other interesting omission is that women seek more masculine men when they are ovulating and less so when they are not - this has been repeatedly shown in studies. So women seek the alpha male for reproduction and the beta male providers the rest of the time.
Now maybe its ultimately the same motivation but expressing different things. But I guess what makes the drug dealer seek status, the thief, the used car salesperson, the food truck operator, the barber...
I guess the only way to find out for sure would be to place lone stranded subjects on solitary planets with no chance to communicate or leave ever with anyone else at the end, come back and see what castaways did -knowing anything they did was for naught.