Being social is advantageous to any entity without terminal goals
Hmm. What do you mean by an “entity without terminal goals”. Would a rock qualify?
Perhaps not.
No. A rock is not an entity.
Right. Many people here use the term “terminal” in the following sense (in this kind of context):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalvalue(philosophy))
However, interpreting your comment in the light of such a definition apparently makes little sense.
So—presumably you meant something else—but what?
link)
[link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_value_(philosophy\))
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Hmm. What do you mean by an “entity without terminal goals”. Would a rock qualify?
Perhaps not.
No. A rock is not an entity.
Right. Many people here use the term “terminal” in the following sense (in this kind of context):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalvalue(philosophy))
However, interpreting your comment in the light of such a definition apparently makes little sense.
So—presumably you meant something else—but what?
link)
(Escaping closing parenthesis to ensure the link syntax is not prematurely closed.)