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Oct 23, 2011 20:55

When posed the question, "which contributes more to personality - nature or nurture?", a psychologist once replied, "which contributes more to the area of a rectangle - its length or its width?" The simplistic answer, therefore, is that neither one contributes more to a creature's personality; rather, that it's some interdependent combination of ( Read more... )

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[text] backinthehole October 24 2011, 06:35:15 UTC

I've wondered about that question a fair bit myself--whether it's really right to make our Pokemon battle each other. The answer tends to be that they want to, that they enjoy it, and that certainly does seem to be the case from what I've seen, but it still doesn't always sit right with me. If they truly want to battle for us, why do we have to hunt and capture them first?

[text] usedlaserbeam October 24 2011, 16:49:35 UTC

I think that's an excellent question, and one worthy of asking. Purely for the sake of discussion, though, are you familiar with the concept of Stockholm Syndrome?

[text] backinthehole October 24 2011, 20:06:11 UTC

Ah--not really, I'm afraid.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 24 2011, 20:19:54 UTC

To put it simply, it's a phenomenon that occurs when hostages begin to sympathize with their captors, and often become emotionally attached to them. I'm not sure if it's worth applying to what we're encouraged to do with Pokemon here, but it's an interesting parallel to consider.

[text] backinthehole October 24 2011, 20:51:00 UTC

It is. I think it's definitely something to keep in mind . . . if I'm going to keep Pokemon, I'd rather that sort of thing not be the reason they like me.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 24 2011, 21:35:02 UTC

The fact that you're concerned about it at all probably means you needn't worry too much about it. You don't mistreat them, do you? You try your best to make them comfortable and happy?

[text] backinthehole October 25 2011, 01:08:36 UTC

Of course!

[text] usedlaserbeam October 25 2011, 01:43:46 UTC

Then I doubt that sort of thing would apply to the way you're raising them. There's usually a much more malicious intent involved.

[text] backinthehole October 25 2011, 20:30:48 UTC

That's sad to think about. Are there people out there who treat their Pokemon that way?

[text] usedlaserbeam October 25 2011, 20:57:28 UTC

I haven't met anyone like that, if that's what you mean. But I suppose I wouldn't put it past someone, either.

[text] backinthehole November 1 2011, 00:08:08 UTC

Hopefully not too many, though . . .

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