On fairness
Behavioral scientists have tested all sorts of species from monkeys to dogs to cats to birds to understand if they have a sense of fairness. The results are quite remarkable all sorts of species have an intrinsic sense of fairness. They know when they’re getting something less than somebody else.
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I want to suggest the most likely origin for this vigorous instinct:
We are all a product that is to say survivors of a brood of offspring, each struggling to get its portion of worms or meat or mother’s teat to nourish our ourselves. The offspring that had a very strong instinct to make sure it got enough to eat are the ones most likely to survive.
This is why so many species have this remarkable instinct down to the milligram of whether or not they’re getting as much as somebody else.
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell The famous monkey grape vs. cucumber experiment, for example. Yes.... well, the human monkey has an impressive threshold for abuse before it is willing to tear the bars off of its cage.
Also, that TED talk was the most amazing hilarious TED talk ever.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell That I will have to watch. Robert Sapolsky has some interesting work on the matter.
@diogdabsur @GhostOnTheHalfShell sweetheart, report this person. It is in my mentions harassing me, heads up.