Your theory on human/dog kinship over the Joy of the Hunt is most intriguing, and resonates with my own experiences.
Whenever I try to explain Qi to a materialist, I resort to the metaphor of the Big Game: imagine your team (soccer, baseball, whichever sport you fancy) is playing the finals against its arch-rival. What do you feel if you watch on TV vs being there at the stadium? What do you think the players feel?
However, while animals do play, this sort of reaction do seem too strong for that kind of behavior. What is the pressure that shaped us this way? Yours is the first hypothesis that gives a satisfactory answer to that question. Much appreciated!!!
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Hunters R Us
Date: 2021-03-05 11:38 pm (UTC)Whenever I try to explain Qi to a materialist, I resort to the metaphor of the Big Game: imagine your team (soccer, baseball, whichever sport you fancy) is playing the finals against its arch-rival. What do you feel if you watch on TV vs being there at the stadium? What do you think the players feel?
However, while animals do play, this sort of reaction do seem too strong for that kind of behavior. What is the pressure that shaped us this way? Yours is the first hypothesis that gives a satisfactory answer to that question. Much appreciated!!!