The Origins of Cute

Hank talks about three scientific reasons why cute things make us a special kind of crazy.

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[XxCoreySxX]

Humans babies are one of the few I don't find cute at all

[Vash Tallow]

i want hank as a pet...

[Pindar Corinna]

OMG! Don't ask creationists anything- you see what you got yourself into. No, just don't engage with it. Life is too short and precious. If some people choose to be infantile, let them... so long as they do it privately.

[bananaboat805]

Thought provoking without hostility. It is a shame that parts of this conversation were spammed. This is how these types of discussions should ensue. Kudos to both of you. I am interested to hear either of your thoughts on the subject of the evolution of the human conscience, but perhaps this is not the forum for that. lol. Food for thought, though.

[VictorieBelle]

Free will is needed in order to betray the original design. Taking a coin flip as an example, it is not unheard of for a coin to end up landing on it's side, essentially being given a "three."

Three was never designed, but it had the capacity.

There are no bounds to choice, and therefore by the analogy, Lucifer would have had free will. He was designed as a teacher, and decided to use his position of trust and betrayed Adam, Eve, and God to take something that was not designed to be his.

[PurpleMonkeyCovers]

Cheeky sod!!

[Demi K]

I am certainly not evolved then, because damn baby humans are ugly.

[Alavador1]

PUPPPPPIES!!!!!

[qwe2433]

HOW ARE YOU BOTH BEING NON-HOSTILE, AND INTELLIGENT?! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!

[Evocative Kitsune]

Alligator babies are cute.

[babyjesus124]

Much*