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TrnsltLife 5 hours ago

The problem is, we are animals, even though we are divine offspring as well. We have an ability to moderate our behavior to a degree, but we are also governed by physiological instinct.

Try making inappropriate eye contact with a human male. You'll probably live to make it to the next experiment, even if you do get punched. Now try it with a gorilla or chimp.

Sexual cues, hunger, aggression/submission postures and responses, whether calls (i.e. communication, speech) engenders trust and connection or mistrust and threat. These things can't be completely overcome, and if they could, our species would have lost the underlying structure and template that allows us to build the greater achievements of self-control and civilization.

rixed 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Your point is unclear to me. Are we like chimps, or are we not?

dukeyukey an hour ago | parent [-]

Yes and no.

The instinct is still there. Of course it is. We can override it in a way other creatures probably can't, but expecting people to not be influenced by instinct and such is a non-starter.

ryanmcbride 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

jumping to a mad level of conclusions here to justify your discomfort with other people