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Yes, yes...but how do you measure that?
This is a totally valid question.Some of the worst types of crime (and criminals) have led to laws that punish offenders more and more harshly. I would never think a rapist/murderer/child molester would advance society. But if you look at it from this perspective, they have in fact done some good for their fellow humans by prompting, by the barbarity of their acts, more severe punishments for future offenders. By your definition Evonus, those criminals lives have worth.
Not at all. Something was done because of them not by them. There is an extreme difference there.
By what that person, can and has accomplished that have caused humanity to move forward towards a more ideal world, and I'm not only refering to money here.
Said by derry a while ago:If it was about love, we'd be hanging out in Eden doing nothing but screwing...a daily orgy.
A real life Karma system would be an interesting (and subjective) approach to measuring a person's worth.
I don't like or respect religion, especially when people use it to back up an argument. You can't use something no proof behind it to prove something.I was expressing my opinion on the soul mate. I'm a bigtime science nerd, and I'm an atheist, so I referenced a scientific topic with proof behind it to back up my belief.
A soulmate is just the person who has the highest genetic compatibility to yourself.
Yes, but previously you said:You didn't say their actions had to directly improve society. Such heinous criminals acted in a way that caused humanity to move toward a better world. Therefore, they are worthy.
It'd be just as subjective as Evonus's measurement system.Which, by the way, I feel like poking holes in again...
If you have no religious belief, give me your definition of "soul." And where's the proof in:
Genetic compatibility? W.t.f.?
If you have no religious belief, give me your definition of "soul."
All this hate for me lately. Did I piss you off that badly with that one sexist comment?
Everything in an organism comes from their genes.(I'm a strong believer in that nature wins in nature vs nurture), but anyway qualities in people, which derived from their genes are favorable to some others that have qualities(genes) which cause them to be favorable. In lamens terms, Billy and Jeanie are a good match up because their personalities complement each other, while their personalities are derrived from their genes. So in a "soulmate" you have the person who's genetics cause them to be the best personality macth for you. Is my view clear or am I rambling?
If personalities are solely derived from genetics, explain how so many children can be polar opposites of their parents or siblings. Explain how my brother is the shy sensitive one and I'm outspoken and aggressive. We've got extremely similar genetics. Just looking at us, there's no question we're siblings. But as far as personalities go, in many ways we couldn't be more opposite.
Got any proof that genetics determine personality?
Because you don't have the same genetic setup as your brother. Same reason siblings have different colored hair and eyes, and are different heights. Every normal human being on the planet has 2 sets of genes. During conception you randomly get a set from your mother and a set from your father. [There are 23 different types, each person has 46 chromosomes. So two sets. But the chromosomes can mix and flip around during meosis(reproductive cell making) so there are thousands of combinations. 23 to the second power to be precise. That's how many different sets you could make from one parent. So multiply that by itself and that's how many total possibilities you have for unique children.] Basically the point of all of that, you don't really ever get the same set from either parent. You and your brother could have completely different genes, the only thing that you two have in common is that half of them are from your mother and half of them are from your father.
I'm a bigtime science nerd, and I'm an atheist, so I referenced a scientific topic with proof behind it to back up my belief.
If you want a link google it, I'm sure you'll find info that says it's caused by the enviroment in some articles and others will say it's caused by genes. I personally believe the gene side of it, because my brothers and I all grew up in a similar environment but all of us are completely different due to genetic differences. But there is no 100% proof either way, there rarely ever is though.
In that case, you had better be prepared to explain how identical twins, bearing in mind that they have identical DNA, can and often do have different personalities.
I want you to prove this. If you can I am obviously wrong, which I'm sure you would love. Cat, I get most of my knowledge on the subject from books. Therefore I don't have a way to show you proof on here.
I want you to prove this. If you can I am obviously wrong, which I'm sure you would love.
Cat, I get most of my knowledge on the subject from books. Therefore I don't have a way to show you proof on here.
ISBN, plzkthx.
Prove that identical twins have identical DNA? No problem. And please pay special attention to the fourth link, which has a mother describing the personality differences in her identical twin children.How 'bout this? http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050708_identical_twins.htmlOr this: http://www.physorg.com/news73070448.htmlOr maybe this: http://www.twinsworld.com/stats.htmlAnother: http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/differenttwins.htmAnd yet another: http://www.genetree.com/relationship/twins.phpSatisfied yet, or should I keep going?And these books don't have names that you can give us so that we can go out and read these books for ourselves?
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