Posted by linkadge on January 31, 2010, at 15:05:13
In reply to Re: Is Suicide Ever A Viable Option?, posted by ralphrost2 on January 31, 2010, at 13:45:18
I'm not sure if I believe the 'evolutionary perspective'. It doesn't make a whole lot of sence.
The idea of evolution is not that the genes know (or care) whats best for the greater good, but more that the good genes naturally survive - or that the genes that are most adaptive survive.
The contrapositive of that is not logical however: that bad genes care about taking themselves out. Plus, if the bad genes effectively took themselves out, they would not be so prevailent.
I think depression is adaptive to a certain extent. Depression can be an outward sign of a complex but powerful adaptive change. Notice how when something dramatic and negative happens in life, depression often follows. Its like the brain shuts down happiness so that the organism will stop and make the most complex and hardest considerations for optimal adaption.
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