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Skans » Yesterday, 10:22 am » wrote: If suddenly the entire Human race was infected with a virus that killed off that part of the brain responsible for human empathy, could this possibly elevate our species?  If everyone was a psychopath, its not like anyone would be able to take advantage of another based on their emotions or presence of empathy.  It could be like the entire world walking around with a loaded, cocked-and-locked pistol. So, this would either:

1.  Make us all more polite and respectful to one another so we don't get our heads blown off, or

2.  Everyone will immediately shoot everyone else just because they can.

Or, is there a different scenario?
I do not believe we would survive as a species. Our entire survival strategy is cooperation. We would no longer be yuman. We would be an entirely different species.

Yuman beans are tribal creatures. The men give the women and children first dibbs on the seats of the life boat (unless they are libertarians, who don't owe anybody anything ever).
 
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