a terrorist who helps a baby outside a supermarket, by picking up a toy the baby has dropped, and then proceedes to plant a bomb in the supermarket. The fact that the terrorist didn't make the connection in his mind (that the bomb will be killing that same baby) is an example of ego lacuna. So the question is: where is the evolutionary survival value in all this??? Does this effect have a purpose? Also does it occur in other realms? For example a person might be really good at solving a particular problem -- now change the context of the problem: give that person a problem with the same type of solution, but make it a new problem that looks different. Very often we all get stuck with a new problem. Does this inability to make that leap of judgement have the same origin as ego lacuna?
2007-01-30 06:21:40 · 2 answers · asked by Meeowf 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
damnit poop
2007-01-30 06:46:11 · update #1
First: There is no real evolutionary survival value in people blowing each other up.
Ego Lacuna(not sure where the roots come front..its not in wikipedia) seems like a misjudgement the person made that they are about to do something in vain in result of doing something else. Yet it seems that their instinct was to help out of their nature, yet maybe their higher goal or relgious views caused him to carry on with the mission he had.
perhaps this is a weakness or slip of the mind too. And its known that in general, the weak will be replaced by the strong. Yet everyone makes mistakes. And we will be doomed to suffer those mistakes of the past we dont remember.
maybe helping the baby was a ruse to avoid being seen as a terrorist who is about to plant a bomb. Maybe it slipped his mind. Since the baby is outside, perhaps it wouldnt kill him. or maybe the target he's after is more important than a baby.
as far as the problems aspect you presented, someone might be good at knowing 9x6 = 54. perhaps they are just good with numbers divisable by 6. back in grade school, we would be in teams of who could present the answer the fastest. if you asked him what 18x3 was, another student might be able to answer the question faster because its diferent or they know tables of 3.
2007-01-30 08:15:13 · answer #1 · answered by Sore wa himitsu desu! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but you defenately are a deep person
2007-01-30 06:29:34 · answer #2 · answered by graciegirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋