Oh, it's absolutely useless for making predictions on people's behaviors, because brains are complex and flexible things and very good at self-deception, and evopsych is mostly used by sexist shitlords trying to justify their backwards values with bullshit science. Such observations are only good for really abstract philosophical shit.
They're giving you $25 dollars on Steam to download the Gothic bundle.
I see what you're doing there. I laughed heartily.
Aww they fixed it. At least they block the condition that anything higher than 100% off is an error. I was really hoping that I could get a bunch of free games and $25.
*reads thread* Is there a thread that ever doesn't end in an argument over free will.. we should attempt to make every thread just devolve into this argument... Back in Video games news,...
Well, although I'm quite late, I think I'll comment on the discussion from last page. First of all, discussions on "free will" often come down to people working with different conceptions of what the concept even means (typically compatibilist vs libertarian free will).
The important fact is that people do, in fact, make decisions, which come down to a confluence of factors including instincts, emotions, and self-reflecting thought, and whether or not such decisions are predetermined is of little relevance.
Moreover, while Scott makes a valid and pertinent point in that there is more to life than pleasure, he seems to be missing the fact that pleasure is nonetheless an important - indeed, essential - part of life. Similarly, while there is more to a good game than pleasure, a good game should generally be pleasurable, although there are exceptions and this clearly doesn't have to apply unequivocally to every single person. I also find it quite surprising that Scott thinks playing MMOs all day would be "the most fun ever" - this is a pretty stupid comment (even) by his standards, and, in particular, deeply unimaginative. In any case, I don't think it's true.
Because your brain, while determinist, is capable of long-term planning. It knows you aren't in danger of dying from hunger, and it has worked out that long term security, comfort, and reproduction are better served arguing on the internet.
That's blatantly ridiculous.
It's quite obvious that brains are not merely directed solely towards maximising the number of copies of their genes, because they aren't particularly good at it. For a pretty simple example, consider this - why did we invent condoms?
Yes, there's a bundle of drives and processes in our brains that are there because they improve our inclusive genetic fitness, but there's a whole bunch of baggage that puts them very far away from being merely directed solely towards making copies of genes. Moreover, these drives are not limited to only security, comfort, and reproduction; humans care about a lot more than just that.
Why not do drugs? If all you want is good feelings, why play games? Just have sex all the time and eat luxurious food. Never do anything that's hard or challenging. Just do easy things that give out lots and lots of pleasure and never stop.
This is actually really sound advice imho.
In my book that is a perfect set of instructions on how to become a worthless human being deserving of no respect.
"Every human being not going to the extreme limit is the servant or the enemy of man and the accomplice of a nameless obscenity."
Very interesting, it's for Wii U. I wonder how they play to use Pikmin to show off the Wii U technology? I won't be buying one (at least not at launch) so I won't be finding out first hand. Sort of disappointed b/c it seemed like a natural fit for the 3DS instead.
Fuck you saying Ricochet is shit. Fuck you with the world's biggest and rustiest spoon.
Seriously. I probably had more fun with Ricochet at LAN parties than any other game back in 2000-2002. It was a great game for playing between sprees of CS.
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Yeah, Looks like I've got free will.
That is all.
I think Ninja Theory wanted to turn Devil May Cry into The Dark Knight Strikes Again.
First of all, discussions on "free will" often come down to people working with different conceptions of what the concept even means (typically compatibilist vs libertarian free will).
The important fact is that people do, in fact, make decisions, which come down to a confluence of factors including instincts, emotions, and self-reflecting thought, and whether or not such decisions are predetermined is of little relevance.
Moreover, while Scott makes a valid and pertinent point in that there is more to life than pleasure, he seems to be missing the fact that pleasure is nonetheless an important - indeed, essential - part of life. Similarly, while there is more to a good game than pleasure, a good game should generally be pleasurable, although there are exceptions and this clearly doesn't have to apply unequivocally to every single person. I also find it quite surprising that Scott thinks playing MMOs all day would be "the most fun ever" - this is a pretty stupid comment (even) by his standards, and, in particular, deeply unimaginative. In any case, I don't think it's true.
It's quite obvious that brains are not merely directed solely towards maximising the number of copies of their genes, because they aren't particularly good at it. For a pretty simple example, consider this - why did we invent condoms?
Yes, there's a bundle of drives and processes in our brains that are there because they improve our inclusive genetic fitness, but there's a whole bunch of baggage that puts them very far away from being merely directed solely towards making copies of genes. Moreover, these drives are not limited to only security, comfort, and reproduction; humans care about a lot more than just that.
enemy of man and the accomplice of a nameless obscenity."
He's sad because even though he saved the world from Sephiroth, he couldn't save the Japanese game industry from itself.
God, a significant part of FFVII was spent having Cloud get over his fucking issues!
Fuck you saying Ricochet is shit. Fuck you with the world's biggest and rustiest spoon.