Liza May wrote: > << One ate just what he needed. .....The other ate what he needed and > gathered extra and stored it.>> > Frank , what you have described here I would not call greed, I would call it > good thinking! I don't think its greedy to plan ahead and take care of > yourself. That is my point. The same activity can be perceived to be greedy or careful planning. It is a matter of perception. The greedy persons survival behavior got out of control. It is like an addiction. I have know a number of rich people who felt they were poor. Greed is not an evil attribute of a person, it is one persons perception of anothers. I think we can make more progress in the world by viewing a greedy person as a sick or confused person who needs education. > << The greedy one had just enough stored to allow him to survive but the other > one died.>> > What I don't understand, is how the person (the first person, who didn't learn > it as a habit from his parents or the scared and massively confused world > around him, like we do), how he would have been humanly able to not share his > portion with his mate. That's what I don't understand. First of all, this behavior was probably learned way before we were "human". Secondly the person or animal he did not share with probably was a rival not a mate. > << You talked about group survival verses individual survival. I think this is > the biggest societal problem we have. How do we get people to look at the > benifit of improving every ones situation instead of just trying to make > theirs better. If every one could see that educating, feeding and providing a > good environment for all children would lead to less crime, safer streets, > less costly health care, and so on, every one would support it and think it > was cheap.>> > This to me is calculated, intentional greed and evil, on the largest scale. > What do you think? Its like I said earlier, I don't believe in intentional greed and evil. Simply misguided souls. Frank.