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shrimp_fried_rice

 I’ve just been thinking about the compulsion to feel superior to others and I wonder if it’s a learned behavior or not. On one hand it’s always been ingrained into human society but on the other there’s no inherent survival benefit for not being equals
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shrimp_fried_rice

 I feel like a lot of you feel like empathy is this accursed thing forced upon you that you must indulge in in order to get by in polite society and are just looking for the first thing to give you an excuse to not feel for other people anymore
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Anonymous 1w

There is biological benefits to being confident. Predatory animals often mistake over confidence for real confidence and being a threat. Which why for a lot of predatory animals the advice is to look big. You can also see this with chimpanzees where dominant males are able to get the best food and more opportunities to mate. So there are survival benefits for not being equal. Humans often mistake course take it up to 11 when they do so

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Anonymous replying to -> evil_sheep 1w

So it’s another case of our survival brain’s base instincts overcompensating and competing with our self awareness? Honestly all that tells me is that people who are bigoted aren’t as in tune with their higher levels of humanity. Aka they’re stupid as fuck

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

I love bo burnham !!

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Anonymous replying to -> shrimp_fried_rice 1w

Eh higher levels of humanity is just as filled with bigotry from religion to eugenics. The farther you go it goes into this it becomes realm of philosophy where there are no clear answers

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Anonymous replying to -> evil_sheep 1w

i agree, but i would add there are two side to that coin. there are benefits to *not* being the dominant member of a group too. and like there's a necessary balance between being dominant/domineering (taking the best food, for example) and being generous enough that your tribe survives and socially supports you (critical for a social species like ours)

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