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    What if

    Ameobas had discovered socialism back in the Proterozoic epoch.

    It would have been quite wrong for any amoeba to benefit from an accident of birth so the fruits of any competitive advantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas. It would therefore not be a competitive advantage at all and evolution would have been halted entirely. We would still be ameobas.
    bloggoth

    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

    #2
    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Some of us still are.

    I went out with a particularly appealing slime mould for a while.
    Let me guess, you didn't like her at first but she sort of grew on you....?

    Spod - In "I'll get me coat" mode!

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      #3
      Do you know I could swear that I posted something on this thread - either old age has caught up again or MI5 are finally onto me

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        #4
        Originally posted by zeitghost
        Some of us still are.

        I went out with a particularly appealing slime mould for a while.
        That's quite a standard chick in some areas of London, isn't it?
        I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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          #5
          Originally posted by xoggoth
          Ameobas had discovered socialism back in the Proterozoic epoch.

          It would have been quite wrong for any amoeba to benefit from an accident of birth so the fruits of any competitive advantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas. It would therefore not be a competitive advantage at all and evolution would have been halted entirely. We would still be ameobas.
          Not quite right xog.

          If the fruits of a competitive advantage could be shared, then there would be no competitive advantage as you say, but evolution would still have occurred.

          What you should have said is that, in the socialist amoeba world, the fruits of a competitive advantage would have to be destroyed, and the fruits of a competitive disadvantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas.

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            #6
            Originally posted by wendigo100
            shared with the other amoebas.
            Amoebae.

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              #7
              Originally posted by wendigo100
              Not quite right xog.

              If the fruits of a competitive advantage could be shared, then there would be no competitive advantage as you say, but evolution would still have occurred.

              What you should have said is that, in the socialist amoeba world, the fruits of a competitive advantage would have to be destroyed, and the fruits of a competitive disadvantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas.
              What would be the incentive for the amoebas to share the fruits of their competitive advantage?

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                #8
                Originally posted by John Galt
                What would be the incentive for the amoebas to share the fruits of their competitive advantage?
                They wouldn't share it. The rest would kill him instead. Or, if he were a true socialist, he'd kill himself.

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