• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    9 months ago

    especially since there’s absolutely nothing unique or even groundbreaking about the idea of

    Sidrattha aka the Buddha said the golden rule 5 centuries before Jesus supposedly existed. And there is zero reason to believe that the man wasn’t repeating even older thinkers.

    All of it comes down to the entire game theory/evolutionary biology fields. Humans didn’t invent the idea that being nice to one another is a good idea, we inherited it. We are born with it.