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Originally Posted by greywolf90  wow great stuff og. i love your whole concept of self, sacrifice, and core. i never really thought about self sacrifice really being an extension of self preservation, but it really makes sense to me now. your point on how the brain sacrifices the arm in order to protect itself reminded me of apoptosis, where billions of your cells kill themselves for the benefit of the core. it also never occured to me that your self can be extended beyond your body (i vaguely remember you mentioning this sometime before, but i didn't understand it). your ideas really gave me some food for thought.  | Yeah, I love this notion! It also describes EVERY act as selfish in nature. Altruism is an ILLUSION! But it is a clear and concise theory that seems to cover all the bases. I think it's a good unifying theory for much of human behavior.
It even covers people who do good works in fear of hell (i.e. religious "altruism."). That's self preservation as well.
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