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Old 08-12-2014, 11:47 AM   #38 (permalink)
John Wilkes Booth
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I disagree with separating one's genes from who they are, because I don't believe in souls. One does not exist without their coding, a different one exists.
i don't believe in souls either. i believe in brains. all i'm saying is the individual organism doesn't benefit from making the altruistic sacrifice, so the individual organism isn't being 'selfish.' the gene might benefit, but the gene is not the organism.
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