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Why human beings across time and culture view violent, genetically adaptive behavior as evil or for the more religious among us sinful, remains an unsolved mystery. | Why human beings across time and culture view violent, genetically adaptive behavior as evil or for the more religious among us sinful, remains an unsolved mystery. | ||
One | One Gnostic concept (that some view as a very blackpilled philosophy/religion) is that the physical world is inherently evil, while the abstract world is inherently good.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_the_Good</ref> Since our brains exist in the physical world, but our mind in the abstract, the situation may be that we misapply concepts that should only apply in the abstract world onto the physical. | ||
For example, the just-world hypothesis or just-world fallacy is the belief that people's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences. With all noble actions being eventually rewarded and all evil actions eventually punished.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis</ref> | For example, the just-world hypothesis or just-world fallacy is the belief that people's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences. With all noble actions being eventually rewarded and all evil actions eventually punished.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis</ref> |
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