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<blockquote data-quote="Proximity" data-source="post: 5467587" data-attributes="member: 589997">It seems that you think that everything is in some way selfish. I can entertain that, but then you have to draw the line to what is, and is not, intentionally selfish. there is the discrepancy.Helping out the guy at the gas station with the jump wasn&#039;t intentionally selfish. I didn&#039;t really see it as a way to benefit society, or in the end myself (because the desire to benefit society is driven by society affecting you. you want it to affect you in a positive way, in the way you described when you first told the story about the gas thing). You could make the argument that it was selfish because I did it to make myself feel good, but the good feeling comes from that fact I did it simply to help another human not for my own gain. More paradox.In the end I guess it just comes down to how you see it, or from what &quot;angle&quot; of the paradox you see it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Proximity, post: 5467587, member: 589997"] It seems that you think that everything is in some way selfish. I can entertain that, but then you have to draw the line to what is, and is not, intentionally selfish. there is the discrepancy. Helping out the guy at the gas station with the jump wasn't intentionally selfish. I didn't really see it as a way to benefit society, or in the end myself (because the desire to benefit society is driven by society affecting you. you want it to affect you in a positive way, in the way you described when you first told the story about the gas thing). You could make the argument that it was selfish because I did it to make myself feel good, but the good feeling comes from that fact I did it simply to help another human not for my own gain. More paradox. In the end I guess it just comes down to how you see it, or from what "angle" of the paradox you see it. [/QUOTE]

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