suicide – Uncommon Descent

At Mind Matters News: Are animals capable of committing suicide?

Death, seen as the idea of “ending it all,” is an abstraction. To know that you will die one day is to engage in abstract thought. Animals don’t do that. If they did, we’d be in big trouble.

Culture Darwinism Evolutionary psychology

Yes! Now there is a Darwinian explanation of suicide

It’s amazing what passes for insight among evolutionary psychologists. How would it help anyone decide how to help a depressed person? Read the whole thing for sure. It gets into beehives and such.

Origenes KF: 1: Is it true or false that we are error prone? O: I need a clarification before I can... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
kairosfocus Q, see the just above. KF – Materialists Know What They Say is...
kairosfocus Origenes, your remark just above shows that you know we are error-prone. Therefore, the matter is over as you know... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
Origenes KF @1: Is it true or false that we are error prone? I need a clarification before I can answer.... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
jerry Your point being? Natural mechanisms don’t know when to stop. Faster, better eye sight, stronger, more agile would leave more... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
Seversky Jerry/15 Either the designer did this on purpose. Or the natural mechanism for Evolution is self limiting So we are... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
jerry but you are going to have a hard time squaring that with your omniscient and omnipotent God Is the world... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
martin_r Seversky Regarding the fourth sensor... did you notice what i replied in the other ‘Eagle eyes’ post? Eyes and energy... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
Querius Kairosfocus @130, 6: So, on any case, the substantial matter is over and your months of argument collapse. Well, yes... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
martin_r Seversky... I did it already elsewhere, but let me wish you once again - Happy 5th birthday! Seversky ... all... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
kairosfocus Origenes, at this point, I simply ask: 1: Is it true or false that we are error prone? 2: If... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
bornagain77 Seversky at 17 states, Are you aware that the argument being made is that evidence of design is evidence of... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
Seversky Martin_r/8 Could some smart Darwinist give me an idea, how blind unguided natural process figured out, how to assemble 16... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
martin_r Ayearningforpublius I had a look at your links above ...good job... You also cite R Dawkins and his ridiculous just-so... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
Seversky Doubter/1 Lents’ argument reveals the common severe failing of most biologists in that they have no actual experience in designing... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
zweston "In the last days people will be..... lovers of themselves, lovers of pleasure instead of lovers of God......always learning but... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
StephenB Chuck Darwin @113 Surveys have shown that the idea of complete non-existence to many people is more horrific than a... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
Querius Ram @89, Seems like you continue to miss the point: God could simply annihilate “lost” persons instead of monstrously torturing... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
Origenes For record: Is it objectively evil to put a baby in a garbage bag and throw him in a dumpster... – Materialists Know What They Say is...
chuckdarwin Martin_r @4 FYI, nobody uses the term "retarded" anymore... Jerry @15 Just imagine if humans could fly, have hawk eyes,... – Nathan Lents argues that the human...
chuckdarwin Querius @123 Trollbots are common on social media and I’m strongly tempted to write one myself that’s satirizes them. Knock... – Materialists Know What They Say is...