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Jan 24 2012 08:05am

Quote (TheInferno @ Jan 23 2012 02:14pm)

I bet these rats never read the bible, Wonder how nature (Not god) contributed to the morality of the rats to their fellow rats.

Fixed action patterns.

IE: Instinct.

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Jan 24 2012 11:49am

Quote (TheInferno @ Jan 23 2012 03:14pm)

I bet these rats never read the bible, Wonder how nature (Not god) contributed to the morality of the rats to their fellow rats.

Hmm...assuming rats have free will :huh:

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Jan 24 2012 12:22pm

Quote (Jp2050 @ Jan 24 2012 12:49pm)

Hmm...assuming rats have free will :huh:

Why wouldn't a free rat, have free will? Aren't all animals intended to be free on a natural level? We don't fully understand how animals communicate, their thought patterns, the language they use to communicate with. All we have is observation

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Jan 24 2012 02:07pm

Quote (TheInferno @ Jan 24 2012 02:22pm)

no living thing is free, choices all come down to incentives and genetic preferences, consciousness of choice is an illusion, we're slaves of the unconscious.

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Jan 30 2012 12:16pm

Quote (easty20 @ 23 Jan 2012 06:28)

Vouch. Thanks for sharing!
“The most shocking thing is they left some of the chocolate for the other rat,” nawwww

rly intresting my girlfriend got a rat

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