1. Why We Kick a Loser When He's Down.

FromWinning Makes People More Aggressive Toward the Defeated we learn,

A new study found that winners -- those who outperformed others on a competitive task -- acted more aggressively against the people they beat than the losers did against the victors.

"It seems that people have a tendency to stomp down on those they have defeated, to really rub it in," said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University.

Hmm. To "really rub it in"? To me, the above reasoning runs hollow, if not off-track. In the animal world, after a heated battle, the dominant doesn't merely require the defeated to "cry uncle" and then the two walk away arm-in-arm as buddies who have just played a game of darts. In the animal kingdom, the dominant never lets up nor lets its guard down just after a heated battle. To do so would be . . . stupid. Status is serious business.

And for a loser to act aggressively toward to the victor . . . no, no, no, that is plain stupid. Unless of course you hold some sort of Freudian perspective in which emotional retaliation makes sense above all else. The stupidity holds true particularly if the loser and the victor are from the same social group, and wish to remain so. Instead, the loser needs to behave as if he or she has indeed lost and recognizes it. Otherwise, the loser risks continued aggression if not banishment from the group. Sure, at some other other time the loser my attempt to rise again. But to risk not only status but even group membership itself after a loss is a huge risk . . . to a social species.

The research authors note that,

. . . other research suggests that people are more aggressive when they feel powerful, as they may when they win a competition.

And that that I reply, "of course!" It would be insane for a 'loser' to act more aggressively after evidence that they are a weaker. In a sense, to aggress is to attempt to move up (or protect one's one position). To do this post-loss is not so smart. After a victory, well, maybe you are that strong!

2. Why the Spiritual Realm is "Up."

In my Almighty Alpha book-in-project I wrote a post, "Why Godliness is Up." In it I explored this question:

Could a hominid feel reverent about a deity beneath its feet? Or is something underfoot too easy to dominate, too easy to put under one’s heel and perhaps snuff out?

Why is the spiritual realm generally considered to be above our heads? Because we love the blue sky and twinkling stars? I don't think so. We tend to project the abode of "something greater" in the same direction as the verified geometrical relationship between the average lower-level manager and the corporate CEO. As much research into human behavior has shown, if you are tall, people instinctively view you as somehow greater.

In the clichéd version of a plebe meeting a spiritual guru, the guru sits tranquilly atop a mountain while the plebe struggles to ascend to that level. Whether or not the guru is a material entity or an imagined force. And so I found it curious that the science article,Why revelations have occurred on mountains? Linking mystical experiences and cognitive neuroscience, made no mention of that relationship -- the "moving up means encountering the more powerful" element. Instead I read,

Prolonged stay at high altitudes, especially in social deprivation, may also lead to prefrontal lobe dysfunctions such as low resistance to stress and loss of inhibition. Based on these phenomenological, functional, and neural findings we suggest that exposure to altitudes might contribute to the induction of revelation experiences and might further our understanding of the mountain metaphor in religion.

Sure, slight oxygen deprivation might do funny things to the brain. But why climb the mountain in the first place? My answer: to move up. To brush elbows with the greats. To "hear them," and to elevate one's opinions in the eyes of those who have never ascended that high.

Maybe.

Perhaps I've just been reading too much about chimpanzee behavior. And thinking that were I covered with fur, I might look at a gorilla and think, "Oh look, there goes my distant cousin!"

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THE BENEFITS OF ALLIES

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Consider this anecdote -

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If you haven't guessed, the above is about chimpanzee behavior. Observed by Jane Goodall. She isn't alone in the conclusions she made from observation of wild chimpanzees at Gombe, where to buy Tetracycline cap.. For example, there is this from a study of chimpanzee troop from another spot on the globe called Mahale:

Some alphas achieve their top rank by acting alone, while others rely on a key ally, who may take the beta rank, ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE. In Mahale's M-group, Kalunde remained a kingmaker long after losing his alpha rank and into old age, Where can i order Tetracycline cap. without prescription, by skilfull (and sometimes fickle) alliance tactics. (6)

There is an expression, friends in high places. Perhaps the "higher" would be more accurate, buy Tetracycline cap. without prescription, as 'high' can be relative. If you have do have a friend, Rx free Tetracycline cap., one benefit is mere strength in numbers. ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE, But another is a friend who brings the benefit of status-by-association. Consider how these Bible verses reflects the theme:

Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God. (2 Chronicles 27:6)

Grew powerful relative to his peers.

[T]he LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. (Genesis 39:5)

By just being associated with Joseph, an entire household reaped benefits.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. (Ezekiel 30:25)

Befriending the powerful can bring advantages over those who have not, australia, uk, us, usa. Those in positions of power tend to have power they can wield . . Rx free Tetracycline cap., . for your benefit, even.

Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men. (2 Kings 1:10)

BEYOND BLOOD: THE GENERALIZATION OF AN INSTINCT

research into male-female relationships among baboons has yielded this insight:

Friendships are the strongest and most enduring bonds formed between male and females, ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE. While sexual consortships last for only several days, friendships persist for as long as a year….Our colleague Ryne Palombit has amassed a variety of evidence supporting the view that friendships in baboons are a counterstrategy against infanticide. (7)

Of course, purchase Tetracycline cap. online no prescription, family bonds can be quite strong and are fundamental. This makes genetic sense. Buy cheap Tetracycline cap., Thus the "reasons" for family friendliness. ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE, My genes overlap with your genes, particularly if we are closely related. So why wouldn't I (my genes) selfishly look after copies of them in another?

Sure, parents care for children. Yet that isn't the only way familial closeness and vested genetic interest manifests in animals, buy no prescription Tetracycline cap. online. Among baboons again, adolescent sons will come to a mother's aid in disputes. Tetracycline cap. price, coupon, (8) Evolutionists have well-established that the closer two individuals are genetically related, the more they tend to engage in altruistic behavior toward one another. It is in the interest of their genes.

A major primate social revolution, one could argue, involved the recognition that social relationships with non-kin can also be advantageous, ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE. Provided they boost access to resources, why not expend some energy establishing a new type of relationship now in the event it pays off later?

Linking yourself to one more powerful than you is a clear innovation in social life, australia, uk, us, usa. But from where did it originate?

I think the "relatively higher"/"relative alpha" part provides a key. To treat another as a superior, Order Tetracycline cap. online overnight delivery no prescription, and deferring to him/her on occasion as a sign of peaceful intent, echoes an almost child to parent-like relation. Like. ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE, Not actual. Old instincts can be put to novel purposes.

If an individual shows benign intent and loyalty to another, canada, mexico, india, as children generally do to their parent(s), for selfish ends, Tetracycline cap. for sale, that person my reap similar reward. Namely, preferential treatment and protection. Preferential to what? To 'hostiles, kjøpe Tetracycline cap. på nett, köpa Tetracycline cap. online,' to possibly threatening strangers.

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With this innovation in relationships, individuals are aware of not only "who trumps me" but also who has relationships that trumps me and my relationships.

Oh yeah?. My brother can whip your brother; my father can whip your father, ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE. My friends can whip your friends!

Another pertinent saying: It's not what you know, it's who you know, buy Tetracycline cap. without prescription. In the case below, Joseph knew the 'correct' god, Real brand Tetracycline cap. online, which is the best god, and the non-blood warden was affected by this. Or so the story goes.

But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden, buy Tetracycline cap. from canada. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison ... (Genesis 39:20-22)

ALLIES AND THE A#1 RESOURCE - STATUS

ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE, With despotic hierarchies, energy is expended in physical maintenance of status. Fight now and establish dominance so that when resources are in question -- you are first in line. Online buying Tetracycline cap. hcl, This dynamic yields such a payoff that those in proximity to the first-er also gain.

Social alliances originated in a distillation of this behavior. I am more than I physically appear to be because I have powerful allies. So watch out.

Social status is a resource in itself, as Robin Wright has so bluntly put it -

"Status is simply another kind of asset that people bring to the bargaining table, where can i buy cheapest Tetracycline cap. online. Or, more precisely: it is an asset that leverages other assets; it means that at little cost a person can do big favors." (9)

And as this Bible verse illustrates -

I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing, ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse. (Genesis 12:2-3)

An associate can do big favors. Purchase Tetracycline cap. online, These big favors mean that someone of supposedly lowly status but with many alliances might have a net social status actually more robust than a solitary yet physically impressive individual.

The prophet Ezekiel of the Old Testament understood this on some level when he wrote:

[O]n that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me and he took me there. In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain. (Ezekiel 40:1-2)

Yes, a "very high mountain." Status by association. Thanks to a god, order Tetracycline cap. no prescription. ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE, Brilliant . . . Tetracycline cap. over the counter, even if imaginary.

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(5) Goodall, J., My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees, National Geographic Society, buy Tetracycline cap. without a prescription, Washington, D.C., Order Tetracycline cap. from mexican pharmacy, 1967, p. 171
(6) McCrew, W, online buy Tetracycline cap. without a prescription. C., The Cultured Chimpanzee: Reflections on Cultural Primatology, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p, ONLINE Tetracycline cap. FOR SALE. 158
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(8) Goodall, J., 1967, p. 59
(9) Wright, R., The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life, Vintage, NY, 1995, p. 283

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You are exalted far above all gods. (Psalms 97:9)

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ONLINE Septilin FOR SALE, In terms of primate behavior -- and human beings are primates, their deities having the concerns and behaviors of primates -- there is a notable difference between coalition and alliance: the terms for relationships advantageous to social functioning and position.

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Another noted primatologist, Where can i order Septilin without prescription, Allison Jolly, almost under-states the case with this conclusion: "People are not less likely to form alliances than chimpanzees." (3)

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In the following number of Alpha posts I will be exploring topics including these: the evolutionary origins of these types of social pacts, the social functions they serve, australia, uk, us, usa, and how they are manifest in the Bible.

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Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) in collaboration with Aarhus University in Denmark have found that the 'reward' area of the brain is activated when people agree with our opinions. [emphasis mine]

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