To: CarolinaGuitarman
Saving the lives of people we love sounds good to me as well.
It seems strange that human beings would have such motives-- as natural as we are.
I thought our genes were more selfish than that.
To: lonestar67
I thought our genes were more selfish than that.
. You are mistaken, then.
108 posted on
05/12/2006 1:13:16 PM PDT by
Dimensio
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To: lonestar67
"It seems strange that human beings would have such motives-- as natural as we are.
I thought our genes were more selfish than that. "
Cooperation is an evolved, useful trait. To say nothing of having an instinct to defend your closest relatives. There is no contradiction with evolution.
114 posted on
05/12/2006 1:15:23 PM PDT by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is grandeur in this view of life....")
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