Re: Some traffic stats

On 3/18/2024 8:03 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:26:16 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 3/17/2024 8:45 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

One might suspect that humans are incurably competitive.

 

Well, perhaps some humans are incurably competitive. Others couldn't
care less about competing.

 Competition is an important survival trait.  Humans climb the
evolutionary ladder largely by eliminating inferior competitors
through competition.  Survival of the fittest, trial by combat and
wars are all forms of competitive evolution (or evolutionary
competition). 

Agreed.

Humans recognized early that killing off mediocre
evolutionary competitors will eventually become counter productive.
Instead, we have mock battles in the form of games, sports, time
trials and bicycle races. 

Also agreed. I think that's the sociological root of organized sports.

Those who couldn't care less are the
dropouts from these games and sports.  After about 2 million years of
evolution, the need to compete is baked into our genetic recipe.

Perhaps, although not everything in our genes must absolutely be expressed. Also, much as been written lately about the value of cooperation for the developing human race, so that's probably in our genes as well.
Nonetheless, I have a couple friends with whom I bicycle, hike, kayak and play music who AFAIK have zero interest in competition of any kind. Not even board games! As you say, they are among the game and sport dropouts.
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- Frank Krygowski