What feels good
August 24th 2007 13:14
What feels good. Some say that what makes you feel good is something to do with something universal. Perhaps they link universal morality to the actions which make you feel good inside. You might have heard arguments like giving to needy people is objectively good, this is why it makes you feel good inside. Some people link these inner feeling to something spiritual, maybe even to god. Even those new agers might link it in this spiritual way, but not in a dualistic sense, refering to the universe or the unity of existence.
but in the least metaphoric way of looking at it, what makes you feel good is a character in an evolutionary story. That story is vast and detailed, but it contains many great trends. Think of all those animals living in the wild acting randomly and out of pure impulse, no reflection. Surely the animals who, for some freak of nature, felt good when they partook in acts which just happened to be beneficial for their survival to have offspring, were bound to do that act, and thus survive better than those who did not do that same thing. Surely those animals would be the ones to persist over great spans of time. The kind of staying power required to remain around for hundreds of millions of years is phenomenal. No room for animals likely to make mistakes. Only those animals who only do the best thing for survival, straight down the line, no messing around in this dangerous world
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but in the least metaphoric way of looking at it, what makes you feel good is a character in an evolutionary story. That story is vast and detailed, but it contains many great trends. Think of all those animals living in the wild acting randomly and out of pure impulse, no reflection. Surely the animals who, for some freak of nature, felt good when they partook in acts which just happened to be beneficial for their survival to have offspring, were bound to do that act, and thus survive better than those who did not do that same thing. Surely those animals would be the ones to persist over great spans of time. The kind of staying power required to remain around for hundreds of millions of years is phenomenal. No room for animals likely to make mistakes. Only those animals who only do the best thing for survival, straight down the line, no messing around in this dangerous world
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