How do I convince my friend? and I got into an argument about whether natural disasters would still happen or not if Absol wasn't present to witness it. Facts: Pokedex entries say Absol is not the cause of disasters, but is present at sites where they occur because he can foresee them, and wants to warn the people living in the area of the coming disaster. Because of his presence, people mistakenly assumed he was the cause. 's position: Natural disasters will not happen without Absol's presence because Absol and disasters go hand-in-hand. Wherever there are natural disasters, Absol is there, therefore when Absol is not present, there will be none. My position: Absol's presence somewhere is dependent on a natural disaster occurring in that a
How is your Thanksgiving break so far? Mine hasn't started yet, but I'm leaving campus tomorrow :) I can't wait to see my siblings. But i'm also kind of upset too :/ since I don't really want to leave here. I can't really sleep right now, cus I just feel really bad for some reason. Hopefully it'll go away tomorrow. Planning to finally play pokemon online with people and do fun stuff since the internet at university isn't compatible with 3DS's. I tried to spell check pokemon and it actually came up as a real word but capitalized. JUst wanna know how you basilers are~ Keep me company for the two seconds you'll take posting?
Are people fundamentally selfish? Hi everyone. In one of my classes we were having this discussion, and we were trying to get at the idea whether people are innately selfish, meaning they ultimately do things that benefit or gratify themselves, or whether they are innately social (inclined towards the group one is part of, such as a society, or a class of people), meaning their actions were based on their surrounding environment (not excluding selfish behavior, but also validates altruistic behavior). Sociability is kind of still ambiguous right now, so I'll try to explain it but i'm still not sure myself. Basically, humans are naturally inclined towards cooperation with others because it benefits them both (This is different from cooperati