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john Kuti commented on Re: Re: What makes humans different from other species? on February 1, 2008, 7:40 AM

The other thing that makes humans different is that humans have androgynous gender dominance with both male and female dominant traits existing in every individual in different measures and proportions.It makes humans complex and inherently contradictory in their personality traits both dominant and submissive,acquisitive and generous, detached and empathetic.That humans choose mates that express traits opposite to their own also makes us incredibly complex and conflicted.

john Kuti commented on Re: Re: What makes humans different from other species? on February 1, 2008, 7:39 AM

The other thing that makes humans different is that humans have androgynous gender dominance with both male and female dominant traits existing in every individual in different measures and proportions.It makes humans complex and inherently contradictory in their personality traits both dominant and submissive,acquisitive and generous, detached and empathetic.That humans choose mates that express traits opposite to their own also makes us incredibly complex and conflicted.

john Kuti commented on Oxytocin - evolutionary incentive? on January 27, 2008, 2:00 PM

The attraction of opposites was evolutionarily advantageous for all traits in monogamous creatures with slow developing offspring (birds and us). Monogamy is the extension of the mother/offspring bond that connected males to their mates and children. In humans it has to last at least until the child is mature, and we call it love. Cheating is the vestigial primate behavior where opposites didn't matter in male or female dominant social structures.

john Kuti commented on Where are we? on January 27, 2008, 1:44 PM

secu8lar enlightenment is nothing more than the recognition of how the Nash Equilibrium defines the relationship between the one and the many.It is a tension that exists at every level of life from bacteria to people. Ultimately all life is economic and the best model is both competitive and cooperative.