Why People Do Things.

Certain animals leave their young out in the wild as a baby to survive on their own, i.e. sea turtles.

 

Yeah, but they don't need a roof over their heads...

 

They still require an environment to live in. When the mother of the sea turtles lays the eggs, she just scoots off into the ocean and continues with her merry little way.

When the turtles hatch from their eggs, they are hunted down by birds, crabs, and any creature near the ocean. Shouldn't their parents try to protect them, even at least until they can reach the ocean?

 

I'm really not here to prove anyone wrong or to boast about what I'm saying. I came because I wanted to get you peoples opinion on this. I'm glad that you and giddy found out the third thing, without it I would inaccurately thinking. I want to discuss this further I only got so far by myself.

If I'm wrong I will admit it and if your wrong I hope you will so the same.

 

The environment that is required for them to live in is provided by mother-nature, not by a hard-working father.

 

Wtp, what would you consider a father doing a job to feed the family and keep a roof over their heads?

One more question, do you think we can choose to do every action in our lives (that tie in with the three points above), or are there some things that we do because it is coded in our genes?

 

I think you got it right supreme. People will do things only for the 3 things we said, but depending on there genes one might be more likely to be either entertained a certain way or to feel important in a certain way and to not feel pain in a certain way. With the example of alcoholism.. well people work in different ways if one person would be addicted to alcohol while one person does not become addicted the person who became addicted would drink to not feel pain.

I think your genes will effect how you get entertained, feeling of importance, and not feel pain. Which is actually exactly what your personality is.

I'm glad

 

Lol giddy, for your own sake, it would be wise to discontinue double posting and just edit your own post. And wtp, I thought you were trying to prove a theory. I guess I was wrong though.

Also, giddy, we choose what we want to do; not because it's coded in our genes. For example, it may be in a child's genes to become an alcoholic since both of his/her parents are alcoholics, but it doesn't mean that he will grow up and become an alcoholic. It just increases the likelihood or probability of it happened; it puts you at a greater risk.

 

To get to the environment, they must first be protected by a hard-working mother+father.

 

Im sorry and thank you, I didn't realize, I said one thing then came back two minutes later and said another thing, I deleted the double posting.

So you think that there aren't somethings that we do, just because we were designed to do?

 

Not really, the mother is the one who protects her babies until they are hatched. Not the father. You should read a little bit more about animal habits. And clearly, after they are hatched, they are in the environment with no help whatsoever from their mother or father, like you stated yourself in an earlier post.

EDIT:

Well if you believe in this, can you provide an example?

 

Sorry about that.

What I meant was, the hatchling turtles SHOULD be protected by the mother AND the father until they reach the ocean.

 

Oh ok lol. Well that's a completely different debate. Obviously they aren't for a reason, since that's not the way they're meant to function. This may be for reason that we do not know(maybe because if they did protect them, they would over populate throwing off the ecological balance of nature?).

 

I've always pondered on that question, and wished I knew the reason.

However, it's the Laws of Nature, one can do nothing about it.

 

Well I believe in nature and animals. Only entertainment and not to have the feeling of pain applies. But what separates humans from animals is that humans have a desire for importance.

Well I guess we were designed to do things with evolution, were designed to not feel pain. I don't think to be entertained and to have a feeling of importance are applied here.

Very interesting though.

Ya animals are different then humans. Animals are only affected by not feeling pain and to be entertainment. Since sea turtles get no entertainment or not having pain so they leave there turtles.

But maybe animals just do things instinctively and have no reason for it. Or maybe they have a reason that we simply cant understand.

 

Actually, what separates humans from other animals is our mind. We have the ability to choose. To make decisions, and understand the consequences of our actions. Other animals, however, do not have this trait. Other animals have a desire for importance; what do you think makes two rams fight? Or two bulls battle? Importance. For one to more important than the other, proving that he is the greater, stronger one.

EDIT: ALL animals(excluding humans) do things out of instinct. They do not have free will, and do not comprehend the way we do. This is the very basis of animal functioning.

 

Hmmm

Humans do have the ability to reason and the ability to think more than animals. The reason why two rams or bulls would fight could be for the sake to not feel pain or for entertainment like fight over a female. But I don't really know I don't think there's evidence that would say that an animal would want importance. Like would a ram/bull try to get other ram/bulls to watch? Like would an animal try to impress other animals? I think a experiment would have to be done though to really see if animals want a feeling of importance. But if they do I think it has a much less affect on them then it does on humans.

 

Duh, that bull is trying to impress that cow, and prove his worthiness by defeating the other bull.

EDIT: I am going to bed now, we will continue this tomorrow if you'd like. Good night.

 

Well the bull would want to win the fight to mate with the cow which is entertainment. But why would the cow care? Maybe that is importance or maybe its something else like instinct.


Anyway though I think we answered the question "Why people do things" really well.

I gtg now but later I want to discuss how people get there importance and how do you give importance. How are people entertained and how to give entertainment. And for how people not feel pain and how to give it to them but im not even sure what im thinking about that.


Edit: Exacly what I was thinking talk to you later

 

Alright then, until tomorrow. Good night.