Survival Of The Kindest Poem by Paul Hartal

Survival Of The Kindest



I attended once a lecture
Of a distinguished scholar
Who posed this question:
“When there is no reason to be good,
Why would anyone be good? ”

Indeed.

But I am certainly not a cynic.
I firmly believe that love and goodness
represent a stronger force than evil.
And recently I came across
Dacher Keltner’s book,
“Born To Be Good”.

A professor of psychology
at the University of California,
Berkeley, Dr. Keltner says
that we are wired for good.

As a matter of fact,
we are equipped with neuropeptides
that enable us to be trusting and
nerves that advance altruism and
taking care of others.

Our genes, neurotransmitters
and particular regions of the brain
serve lofty emotions
that connect us to others in bonds
of service and even self-sacrifice.

Thus it seems that Darwin’s work
on feelings turns to be
correct: Human emotions involve
life serving functions and existence
might mean the survival
of the kindest.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: science
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