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30898: Re: [MUD-Dev] Decision making...

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From: Kalle <kalle@mortalis.skotos.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 03:02:54 +0200
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 00:53, Byron Ellacott wrote:
> Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:

>> Uhm... I thought weak individuals tend to be squeezed
>> out... There is nothing fair about mother nature..?

> Perhaps not about mother nature, but fairness is an important
> aspect of primate life.  Primates, along with a large number of
> other species, owe their survival to their communities, and
> individuals who cannot participate in that community will soon be
> pushed out of it -- where they will be weak, and easy prey.  An
> individual who does not 'play fair' with other members of its
> community is a prime candidate for being pushed out.

Being "weak" is exactly the point there. By screwing myself over I
am showing myself as strong. If I accepted the obviously unfair
offer, I'd show myself as weak.  Additionally I would make it clear
to anyone "in the future" that this is what happens when you try to
play unfair with me. *slaps chest*

-Kalle.

p.s. Hi, btw! d.s.
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