Are you ever frustrated by this?

[Heraclitus]

1st example:

Me:‘I wonder why women evolved to be *so* upset about being raped?’

Guy: ‘I can’t believe you just said that – rape is HORRIBLE!!!’

2nd example:

Me:'Why do people tell jokes?'

Guy:'Cause they're funny! DUH!'

[Hauldren Collider]

No. I don't say those sorts of stupid things.

[Heraclitus]

No. I don't say those sorts of stupid things.

Then you either aren't very curious or aren't very inteligent. Either because you failed to realize the fallacy I'm ilustrating with guy's responses or because you aren't much smarter than the people around you and fail to notice it in less clear cases.


3rd example:

Me: Why do wronged people desire revenge?

Guy: Cause the other guy DESERVES IT!

4th example:

Me: Why do we find incest repulsive?

Guy: Because people aren't completley depraved. Something I'm starting to doubt you aren't.

[OzzyKP]

[Barnabas]

Because God exists, and he wrote the natural law in the hearts of all humans. Now go to sleep.

[Ben Kenobi]

Why are you picking on Guynemer?

He's actually one of the smarter posters here.

[Heraclitus]

Because God exists, and he wrote the natural law in the hearts of all humans. Now go to sleep.

I really should go to sleep. And I'm so using that line if I ever have kids.



Anyway the questions I'm posting are trivial examples, is anyone getting the fundamental problem or not? Try for a second to put it away from questions of morality.


Hint: It has to do with the mind projection fallacy.

[ShaneWalter]

I guess I'm stupid. What is the fallacy that you're pointing out here?

[Kuciwalker]

God damn it Hera. Your avatar keeps making me think you are Ramo, which then makes me wonder "since when is Ramo such a douche?"

[SlowwHand]

Ramo is a douche too, so don't lose much sleep over it.

[MrFun]

1st example:

Me:‘I wonder why women evolved to be *so* upset about being raped?’

This is retarded. Have you been sleeping with BK lately?

[giblets]

Anyway the questions I'm posting are trivial examples, is anyone getting the fundamental problem or not? Try for a second to put it away from questions of morality.


Hint: It has to do with the mind projection fallacy.

The fundamental "problem" is most people don't care about the little details of how humans got here. Asking why people evolved to hate getting raped seems like asking a creationist why God made centipedes or kangaroos, except that evolutionary questions actually have a correct answer. But it doesn't matter what the answer is.

[Snotty]

*Calls shotgun on raping Hera, so he can see why it would be upsetting*

[Elok]

Elok: 'Is this the worst thread Hera ever started?'

[VetLegion]

Men are even more upset about rape, I'd say, for obvious reasons. Anyway,
I try to adapt to my counterpart... won't try to force a discussion on a path
that doesn't make sense or is insulting or annoying the other side. I only do
that kind of thing online