There seems to be an innate human desire to do exceptional things. Where does this desire come from?
How can you say that? For some people there is that desire, but most people are perfectly fine with mediocrity.
>>431379
Well if you fucked a qt 3.14 every day you would have the desire to do literally anything you want. sky is the limit
>>431379
There's probably millions of different explanations for ambition, I guess the easy explanation is evolutionary.
>ambitious man hunts with the most enthusiasm, gets the most meat/outruns the whatever
>gets the most food/fucks the most women/outruns the tiger the best
>passes on genes
And a million other reasons.
>>431416
Some people are ambitious with no real thought of reward though. Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt. Everest, and when asked why he did it, he replied "Because it's there."
The men who went to the moon were all married. They weren't getting more pussy from it. Even if they would get pussy, there are easier and safer ways.
It would seem that for some people, doing great deeds is not a means to and end, but is in fact the end.
>>431388
Guys who can pay themselves whores daily (you don't fuck your wife every day, and she doesn't stay cute) usually have really bland hobbies, like that millionaire who travels, goes to the shooting range, poses with models, do extreme sports, but limits himself to that
>>431379
"exceptional things" covers everything from pedophilia to eating the biggest burger. It can stem from every feeling bar depression and sadness
>>431430
That is true, but in the environment of evolutionary adaptation(pre-civilisation), ambition would not serve any other purpose other than getting you rewards so you wouldn't need reasoning.
The genes provide the instinct, the feeling of success is probably enough reward.
>>431416
that not a response for what he's asking
>>431379
OP, what you are asking crawls into the domain of mysticism. Man's inner fire, his desire to challenge and raise beyond his own condition.. these are things which neither science nor religion on their own can explain.
Social darwinism has crept a lot into people's minds, sure; but it is evident that something separates us clearly from animals; from instincs.
We strive to godhood.
Why?
Well, you have some serious occultism and exact science to study in front of you if you hope to understand. Currently, no one has an answer. I fear that as time goes, fewer will care even still.
>>431437
>occultism
Why that
Desiring to be all-dominant or all-knowing either comes either from fear of the unknown or the fear of being dominated. No need to be so melodramatic, instincts are simple things to explain
>>431379
Exceptional things get you pussy.
>>431435
>Guys who can pay themselves whores daily
>whores
You answered your own implied question.
>>431460
Your post has absolutely no meaning
Because Man is special.
>>431379
Competition.
Because you're a woman.
You'll never understand.
>>431430
>The men who went to the moon were all married.
Just military people doing what comrade president told them to do.
>>431437
It's because humans have imagination, or more precisely humans have the ability to go through simulations in their heads. A monkey couldn't build a rocket because it can't do long range thinking.
