You probably don’t mean to imply this, but your comment makes it sound like that you believe the particular friendliness and warmth exhibited by humans with Williams Syndrome to be somehow unworthy compared to the rational choice taken by an high IQ individual that is exhibiting altruism.
I never said anything about rationality, IQ, or altruism, so I’m not sure where you’re getting that from. I’m saying that friendliness is the only thing that people with Williams syndrome have in their favour—as compared with the general public. It doesn’t outweigh the deficits of mental and physical function.
And among the general public, people can be friendly anyway without general brain damage.
I never said anything about rationality, IQ, or altruism, so I’m not sure where you’re getting that from. I’m saying that friendliness is the only thing that people with Williams syndrome have in their favour—as compared with the general public. It doesn’t outweigh the deficits of mental and physical function.
And among the general public, people can be friendly anyway without general brain damage.
I am sorry, it seems I mixed some of the comments I read together. I should avoid reading comments via Google Reader/be more careful.