http://www.metafilter.com/tags/silliosity Posts tagged with 'silliosity' at MetaFilter. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:43:13 -0800 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:43:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/90314/Whence%2DAltruism A new <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5972/1480?sa_campaign=Email/toc/19-March-2010/10.1126/science.1182238">study</a> suggests that humanity's sense of fair play and kindness towards strangers <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/evolution-of-fairness/">is determined by culture, not genetics</a>. Speculation: the finding may be directly related to the rise of <a href="http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/2010/03/did-world-religions-help-bring-about.html">religion</a> in human history, as well as more <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57417/title/Farmings_rise_cultivated_fair_deals">complex economies</a>. (<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/22/did-culture-not-biology-develop-humanitys-sense-of-fair-play/">Via</a>). On the other hand, perhaps we <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-ethical-dog">learned it from dogs</a>. :) tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.90314 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:43:13 -0800 anthropology biology civilization culture economics genetics history humanity nature nurture relationships religion research science silliosity sociology zarq