[MD] Is morality Hard Wired?

[Krimel]

DM,
Aren't they all?
Krimel
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Hi Krim

Yes, but the latching mechanism,where there is one,
may be very different.

DM

> DM,
>
> Static patterns act as resistance to the dynamic flow of energy. In a 
> river
> it's the rocks. In mating it's incest taboos. In economics it's cost to
> benefit ratios.
>
> Krimel
> -------------------------
> Krim
>
> The analogy works some of the way but is limited,
> as the valuing, selection & breeding criteria are different.
>
> DM
>
> -------------------------
>> [DM]
>> Do we not need to understand how patterns emerge, why they persist, why
>> they
>> change, how levels emerge,etc?
>>
>> [Krimel]
>> I suspect it has much to do with the consistency of the flow of energy
>> into the system along the lines of Prigogine.
>>
>> [DM]
>> (NB Darwin's suggestions are a useful subset of what happens
>> across all the levels, but I object to Darwin's ideas being used
>> beyond self-replicating reproductive-selective processes, although
>> a good analogy is a good analogy )
>>
>> [Krimel]
>> You don't think societies and ideas are "self-replicating
>> reproductive-selective processes?"
>>