Blacknad asked:
"Can you prove that there are no selfless altruistic acts?
Prove to me that I am not capable of selflessness."
Sue replied:
"Where is the satisfaction in self-annihilation?"
You were asked to provide a reference. Not to pontificate and further torture the English language. It would appear that you are expressing a personal opinion shared by no one else. Did you forget this is a science forum?
And, further, please don't reference Socrates and others in a vain attempt to at being authoritative. Not one person you named was an expert in mammalian behaviour and you carefully ignored my question so I will put it to you yet again:
"If you observe a shark swimming toward a child in the water ... do you swim toward the child or away?"
The question really isn't that hard to answer.
And here are a couple more for you Sue:
1. Are you an organ donor?
2. Are you registered as a marrow donor?
3. What non-profits do you donate time helping?
4. Have you ever helped an elderly person you didn't know by holding a door for them?
