Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by ytwySXpMbS on Saturday November 07, 2020 @05:34PM (#25020279)

This is the viewpoint that confuses me, depending on what you mean by “default” behaviour. Do you think the everyday altruism displayed by people are exceptions? Or do you believe those people aren’t actually being nice to you/others and have ulterior motives? Such a viewpoint must make the world look like a very sad place indeed.

You may argue that altruism is actually in self-interest, by making you feel good, but that’s circular logic[1].

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_egoism#Circularity

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by FpUser on Saturday November 07, 2020 @06:34PM (#25020896)

>"Do you think the everyday altruism displayed by people are exceptions"

Not exceptions but ratio of altruistic vs self-centric actions would be I think less than 1%. That is based on my life time experience. Maybe somebody else has better one.

As for the world being a sad place: well it is. The amount of people in need is staggering.

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