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lowenz

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  1. I have to say, this new version was really great. The outside area in front looked a lot better and the

    addition of more choices to get in (through the water) was cool as well. Its nice to see somebody making use of the grass effect. The single downside I found was that if you rope up to the entrance at the start before the guard gets there, you will be spotted for sure and have to fight. There is nowhere to hide and he has a torch and is heading for the ledge.

     

    It's all about solid crafting abilities (PranQster) and good redesign/reimagination (me :D)

    Thanks!

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  2. nature responds to hidden variables in our best interest that consumers may miss.

    Words of wisdom.

    Tell them to the "market invisible hand" nuts :D

  3. Not sure what your point is. Because something can happen in two ways, there's no point in eliminating one of them?

    Avoid problem genesis is a good rational solution when possible or when there's no superior gain challenging the problem, but avoid them in that way ("vaccin" for social anxiety) is some kind of scary :D

  4. IMO the task is you want to give people as much peace & stability of mind to feel free to determine the course of their own lives without being sidetracked by things like inexplicable anxiety or depression or whatever. I think it still has a role in helping us shape who we are, so I wouldn't want them eliminated either though. But the task IMO is to let the actual decision-making parts of our minds have as much free room to make ourselves as possible.

    This sounds more like paralyzing (hidden) fear than "simple" anxiety problem. And I totally agree with you.

  5. that mean he is prone to sharing thru fairness or weakness.

    This is a really interesting thing, the use of weakness to be accepted and integrated in a relationship, to the point to be "handled".

    Really interesting for me because i really *HATE* that modality (read: I really *HATE* submissive persons, they totally disgust me, it's kind of mental crunch for me to know a person actually LOVES to be submissive).

  6. Thought this was topical:

     

     

     

    Imagine when we get to the point where we could create vaccines against anxiety? Would you support modifying children to ensure they grew up more helpful and socially conscious?

    Anxiety (social or not) can be created by extended coercive experiences too (and it remains after them), so this kind of vaccine is.....worthless IMHO.

    Teach a person to deal with stress and anxiety (yes, they can actually be valueable) is the best way.

  7. A sense of empathy, fairness and cooperation is also present in social primates and most other social mammals to varying degrees.

    Problem 1: it can be overcome

    Problem 2 (in Homo Sapiens :D): it can be manipulated (see "I tell you a big nasty lie to be fair and supportive")

  8. Hmm... I'm going to be as evil as I possibly can today. Man, being evil is awesome."

    An awesome vengeance maybe yes: I remember some cases of voluntary HIV infection guided by pure vengeance/rage.....here in Italy too.

    And no, they are enraged people and not psychopaths.....so think about what a *real* psychopath can do.

  9. You're right but *some* psychopaths are pure (absolute?) evil, it's a matter of fact, when they reach the fullness of the mental desease.

    The motivation behind their action is simply fiction, they don't "believe" and act: they act and COVER: don't trust their words about their "higher/different" morality, it's only a funny display.

  10. Morality, manners and good behaviour are patterns that living within a society (anykind) produces by way of survival.

    It's obeying the rules.

    It is the 'human' way of ensuring we don't kill each other by following the groups/tribes/religions/etc., rules, as laid down by the elders. It permits us to live in large groups without conflict - unless someone breaks the rules.

    It has nothing to do with human kindness or love or god and it's not 'born' into you it's merely commonsense.

     

    Your upbringing and the environment you are born into determine your character and how you follow the 'rules' thru'out your life.

    OK for the society, nobody can deny it: it's simple.

     

    But taking in account a small group of people such as a small cult or - taking to extreme the problem - a couple? How is the "internal" morality of a couple? Don't tell me it's a simple corollary of the society morality.....it's way too convoluted.

    Or - and this is the ultimate problem - the moral sense of an individual dealing with his own toughts (it's why I made the "rape fantasy" example for women, it's such a dramatic contrast between surfacing primordial instinct fantasies and the rationalization of self-preservation/individual inviolability need).

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