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I think that such a cognitive predisposition need only be the correct one (leading to evolutionary advantage) more often than not, or maybe it need only be the correct one in a scenario where the wrong behavior is fatal (high stakes decision making). Clearly schadenfreude and vindictiveness is not always the best reaction. But theres enough of it going around to tell me that it has been a very viable strategy in our recent evolutionary history. How useful it is will be determine by current social and economic conditions which are constantly changing.


Im fine with using a little caution when suggesting that X leads to Y. The underlying predisposition which is ostensibly genetic is an emotional predisposition. Not a complete thought like “Tigers are gross.” Honestly I think we author all kinds of narratives to satisfy our emotional instincts and perhaps those narratives dont need to be true or rational for such a mechanism to work. Of course, those narratives can be thought of as memes which have an evolution of their own within a population and do not need genetics to be transmitted. This doesn’t all happen genetically.

I just think that instincts toward revenge, vindictiveness, punitive justice, clearly have a useful function in an economically collaborative society. It seems necessary for a group selection strategy. This particular type of aggression and aggression in general is not wrong but necessary and functional at the right levels. There is inded a link between anger and aggression. Exactly how this algorithm works is unknown. The algorithm isn’t right all of the time. It just needs to be right when it needs to be right. If you know what I mean.

Yeah, how can the provaxxers be right for expressing schadenfreude when a vaccine refuser dies of covid while antivaxxers are also right for celebrating another inexplicable heart attack in a vaccine user? The genetic predisposition toward schadenfreude is probably not specific enough to determine vaccine policy. But it is enforcing ideological tribes. If one of these tribes succeeds wildly I think we can hypothesize a selection for schadenfreude.

brother you realise this is upgoat not fucking wikipedia right?

I think the point of finding an explanation is to recognize that it has value. If you can't find value, then stop doing it.

I hate those X m'fkrs. Y Power!

You ever see videos of niggers harassing an innocent human only for them to get sucker punched by an absolute chad? What about those driving like an asshole with road rage putting everyone else at risk, only for them to drive into a ditch?

What kind of jew has shame? The jew term for basking in others misery would be goyjoy. They get joy from watching the goy suffer.

I was real into sci fi after high school.
I gotta say that INFERNO , by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, which I have right here on the shelf next to me, is one of my all time favorite fiction books. Great fun story with unforgettable moments.
I especially remember the opening with a nod to "The Brothers Karamazov" , Oh, shit !

There are, there’s just less of them.

what if i told you op doesnt appear to be talking about fucking scripture or christian heaven BUT OF THE CONCEPT OF BEING SOMEWHERE NICE

its people like you what cause unrest.

According to many protestant denominations, there is no hell in scripture.

Pleeeeease don’t make me play in the orchestra!!!!


Nooooooooo!!!!!