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Originally posted by DA Morgan:
So I see it differently ... I see it as simple. I just don't think the average human being has yet evolved to the state of being able to think that far.
I agree that the reason(s) that mercy is a common human trait is simple: it benefits our survival. The mechanisms that might have resulted in the trait called mercy might not be all that simple, but so what?

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