About me: I am a pretty laid back guy. i play violin, and am pursuing a bacholor's degree in Music education from the UofM. besides music i am mostly a homebody and don't go out much... however i do like to have fun...
Who I'd like to meet: I am really looking to meet anyone who shares something in common with me... which really is'nt that hard.... at least i dont think so :)
"Well well well. Today, three weeks after we first posted the info, comes final comfirmation that Tool will be playing Lollapalooza this summer. AND WE'RE HEARING ABOUT A SHOW IN MINNESOTA AS WELL. Seems that a location station (93X) is reporting that there will only be five North American shows total. If true, this would mean there's only one left to be announced."
So apparently no one in my ethics course feels obligated to help anyone but their children. So, I thought this might be an interesting thought when I posted it. "Wow. When I initially posted, I sincerely thought that people felt an obligation to help others, but apparently not. Something I've found curious for a long time is the idea that humans have the cognitive ability to surpass the rest of the animal kingdom's rule of altruism. That is, when spacial/familial proximity is sufficiently close, one is compelled (which, I believe can translate into obligation for such complex beings as humans) to help. But they refuse to use this ability because, despite their advances in self-awareness, conscious reasoning and overall cognitive thought, they still retain a rather underdeveloped (primal) sense of altruism. In short, humans evolved to a higher level of cognitive understanding (we're fairly intelligent beasts), but no such change occurred in many other aspects of their consciousness (we're still very selfish.) I compare this to John Arthur's view of ethics, that what is ethical must compensate for the fallibility of humans. John Arthur believes that we should compensate for this lack of being compelled to act out of what I will call super-altruism (defined roughly as the type or grade of altruism that the human ability to surpass (in both proximity and degree (how much is given)) the rest of the animal kingdom's altruistic behavior allows) when deciding an ethical guideline. If that is so, then we must be relying on what altruism we retain from our days as apes, in other words, what we feel compelled to do now. It seems to follow then, if we apply John Arthur's view to how we decide what is ethical, we ought to use what "feels right" as a guide. I'll let you sort out the implications of that." -The Wombat
Hi! Nice to meet You! Actually I didn't named it! Stradivarius gave this name! But my violin is a copy of his Wilson. But it's really good and I love my violin! What name Your violin has? :-)
i've got blisters on me fingas and uh, without getting extremely gay, you've helped me grow as a musician a lot so thanks. oh and uh, eat shit cunt fuck dead babies in yer mom's mouth hate! i had to do something to balance that out
