EVE General Discussion

I have a question...

Why do I have this inappropriate forum signature?

Only response this thread needs,

This game is played by humans.

Greed/Power/Revenge/Money are the driving force of human beings, regardless of this game or life.

Anticipating these human traits help immensely, both in the real world or video games.

As for out of game, my mentality is for me to know and others to assume.

But the human element is the reason I play this game, no greater game than hunting humans err human persona's.

Actually, it's reproduction that drives us, I think. Sex. All else is a means to get sex, or a substitute thereof.

And since many of us aren't getting laid whilst we play, we can be a downright cranky bunch.

Maslow was also a slave to selfish DNA.

I've actually found a functional reason for this and it was so simple it blew me a way.

Putting it on backwards prevents animals (namely the stir crazy pets left home alone for too long), people,and other things from unrolling it if something happens to pull it downwards. When put on backwards the downward motion to the wall just makes the end spin :P

Applies to horizontal paper towel holders too.

ingenius

I prefer to phrase it this way: humans are innately selfish. It's in our nature to see to preservation of our genes, and that sometimes involves doing harm or allowing harm to others. Yes we do have altruistic behavior and self-sacrifice, but as social animals sometimes it's surprisingly productive--as genes are concerned--for some of the group to sacrifice for the rest. My point is that truly selfless acts are remarkably rare; most are based on the preservation of social order, which is beneficial to the individual and/or those they have a vested interest in looking after.

The more complex our social order becomes, the more apparent those selfish traits become. It's gone from ensuring that your self/family/group are secure at the expense of others to the mindless acquisition of money/power/whatever at the expense of others. Take that into the virtual world of gaming and you get an environment where people can be completely selfish without an connection or empathy for the person on the other side of the game, knowing that their actions can't do tangible harm.

Note: I understand that some people will harm themselves and others over video games. I'm not suggesting that our online actions are consequence-free, I'm simply saying that *I* can't blow up your internet spaceship in such a way that your children can't eat. If my actions result in your buying plex to replace your losses and THAT results in your children not eating, then the problem is your addiction, not my being a mean virtual person. It's the real-life selfishness of the other guy that results in problems, not the actions of anyone in the game.

So how many missions, or scams in EvE does it take to get laid if its our driving force?

Then, there are those who contend it is the ability for human intelligence to overcome the primal call of the DNA by employing free will and critical thinking. "My genes made me do it," isn't an excuse that will fly in a court of law.

Greater knowledge for sure with master/doc.

I've got a question thou: how much related education is to intelligence?

i know some guy with no certificate/diploma who passed a QI test because of it's girl friend and after 5 different tests by different experts, this guy is above 190.

How much inferior this guy can be?