how much power or wealth do you have? Compared to people who were willing to crush skulls.
Hard to tell, but I’m much better off than e.g. almost anyone in the armed forces, the great majority of criminals, etc. I’m sure this has much more to do with having marketable skills and above-average ability to delay gratification than with my unwillingness to crush skulls, but I really haven’t seen any sign that I’d be much richer or more powerful if I were more inclined towards skullcrushing.
That’s not obvious to me.
Nor to me. It was deliberate that I said “seems to be” rather, than, say, “definitely is”. I wasn’t trying to deny that there’s debate.
Hard to tell, but I’m much better off than e.g. almost anyone in the armed forces, the great majority of criminals, etc. I’m sure this has much more to do with having marketable skills and above-average ability to delay gratification than with my unwillingness to crush skulls, but I really haven’t seen any sign that I’d be much richer or more powerful if I were more inclined towards skullcrushing.
Nor to me. It was deliberate that I said “seems to be” rather, than, say, “definitely is”. I wasn’t trying to deny that there’s debate.