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To be fair, Mother Theresa had surely been taught to believe she was pleasing God by her actions and could conceivably be accused of trying to garner points for herself. The human infants and chimps were just helping out because they could.

I think the article I mentioned above here we go again is pertinent to this discussion. It would certainly appear to demonstrate an inate sense of altruism in human children (not to mention chimps), and this could certainly indicate that altruistic activism in human adults is a normal and...

Thank you for this link, Shade. I realize now that I must have been quoting from it way back early in the original Lolita thread here. (It was the Martin Amis article that reminded me.) The Palimpsest thread was and is wonderfully informative and enjoyable, and I can see why you wouldn't want...

NotTheDoctor's not a girl?

a false or invalid.

NotTheDoctor's not the doctor?

Uh oh. I have this book in my TBR pile and now I'm wondering if I even want to read it. It's sounding dreadfully gruesome. (I'm thinking that maybe I'll be wanting to wait until I'm feeling braver?) Somebody tell me something incredibly wonderful about it -- please.

Happy birthday, ruby! Hope every little thing is exactly perfect for you today. :)

Exactly, beer good. This man (and his diabolical creator) are damned good at what they do.

I just found this thread and would love to further discuss examples of altruism. I recently heard on the radio about a study regarding the natural tendencies of human infants towards altruism. My understanding is that the researchers were careful not to show encouragement or emotion of any...

I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts as you go along, beer good -- I think this one grabs you right from the start. Have you seen either of the movies yet?

Well, do poke your pretty little suth'ren nose in now and again. You can help us to keep the garden swing a-movin'.

I think I've got a case of dandelion whine. I suspect I'll just maunder back on over to the Enchanted Garden for the Timid. I believe I may have seen a nice little patch of shade there. Is there any cure for dandelion whine, do you think? :eek:

Ah. There they are. Those look like rare and delicate subgenuses of nymphaliinae from where I stand. They could be pupating into lepidopterian chrysalids. No loud noises, please; we don't want to scare them away. Anybody got any Bach flower water?

Who? Where? Lemme at 'em. Barbarians. :mad:

You know, I wonder if we ever did discuss just exactly what Dolores got up to prior to her fiery affair with her stepfather. Without checking, I seem to remember Humbert telling us that Lo and her girlfriend probably had some form of homosexual contact at one point, and that they most certainly...

with "worm" (meaning "dragon").

I'm trying to figure out just what gave VN the ability to write like this. Do you think it was the three by five index cards? I mean, I read somewhere that a writer should only try to create one very small scene at a time (like the space in a tiny little picture frame, for instance), but...

Peder = Y'all get right back in here. And don't try to tell me you don't have the time or the energy to throw in an opinion now and again. We'll happily accept one-liners. (Still stomps a foot.) :mad:

Peder = Ah, Peder! This certainly conjures up a picture. I can just see the pages flying (and being marked), comparisons being made and coffee being gulped. All of us know what goes on in our brains when we are immersed in a single author's work. Are you able to hold conversations at...