re: Human traits
Good points, Raoul. I note that most insanities have a logic all of their own - how and why they develop in each individual case is interesting, but seldom worth pursuing. Ultimately, they usually do end in a failure to survive. But they may proper in the short run, while we're all dead in the long run.
In western thinking there is a tendency to reduce the validity of simple sensations. One ends up with endless word games, when existence simply exists.
Good feelings simply feel good. We're wired that way.
But how would you wire a machine?