"The point is I think a lot of "human nature" is fundamentally instinctive, though the instincts are reshaped by the social environment (who has the baddest auto, the biggest house, the most toys, etc.)"
Yeah I got into a huge strop when i couldn't accept the denial of 'altruism' in my psychology classes. I left the class, fearing my spirit/brain to be tarnished by the underachieving concept of human relationships being nothing more than cost/profit mechanisms born from biological selfishness. I'll be rich if you keep talking me round... hurry up!
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