tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2864659495016307776..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Good News to be Thankful For.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64468163530834683742007-11-22T00:19:00.000-05:002007-11-22T00:19:00.000-05:00"It should be of selective advantage for young chi..."It should be of selective advantage for young children to be self-centered and relatively disinclined to perform altruistic acts based on personal principle."--<I>Sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson</I><BR/><BR/>To counter....<BR/><BR/>"One of the earliest emotions that even tiny babies display is, admirably enough, empathy. In fact, concern for others may be hard wired into babies' brains. Plop a newborn down next to another crying infant, and chances are, both babies will soon be wailing away." -- <I>Pat Wingert and Martha Brant</I><BR/><BR/>"Researchers played for infants tapes of other babies crying. As predicted, that was enough to start the tears flowing. But when researchers played babies recordings of their own cries, they rarely began crying themselves." <I>Wingert and Brant</I><BR/><BR/>They quote Martin Hoffman, psychology professor at New York University: "There is some rudimentary empathy in place, right from birth. The intensity of the emotion tends to fade over time. Babies older than 6 months no longer cry but grimace at the discomfort of others. By 13 or 15 months, babies tend to take matters into their own hands. They'll try to comfort a crying playmate. What I find most charming is when, even if the two mothers are present, they'll bring their own mother over to help."<BR/><BR/>from '--The Spiritual Brain'--Beauregard and O'Leary<BR/><BR/>We can be thankful for that, we are not a totally fallen race from the git-go. We can be thankful that we don't have madrassas to totally brain wash our kids.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21337085558307090702007-11-21T23:11:00.000-05:002007-11-21T23:11:00.000-05:00The troops are coming home for Christmass, US and ...The troops are coming home for Christmass, US and Brits.<BR/><BR/>5,000 I think the number is, between the two.<BR/><BR/>35,000 more, home for the Fourth of July Parades. Down to 100,000 troops in Iraq, this time next year.<BR/><BR/>From there, who can tell for sure, but a continued gradual withdrawal through '09, until the second set of Iraq elections.<BR/><BR/>Victory, fer sure<BR/><BR/>Come hell or high water.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61510920161192610492007-11-21T23:10:00.000-05:002007-11-21T23:10:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com