Absolute PowerHave you ever been put in a position of power? Did you become a rabid dictator, or did you completely arse it up and end up publicly humiliated? We demand you tell us your stories.
Thanks to The Supreme Crow for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 14:09)
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You might like thiswww.amazon.co.uk/Prehistory-Mind-Origins-Religion-Science/dp/075380204X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278885465&sr=8-1
Title is a bit misleading. It's mostly about how human minds differ from animals and why, from an evolutionary point of view.
My favourite fact: we're really bad at knowing what other people are thinking because consciousness developed as a tool to predict what other people are thinking based on what we're thinking. If they're not thinking along the same lines we would, we're really, really bad at dealing with it - hence why we anthropomorphise animals.
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