View Single Post
Old 06-25-2008, 05:55 PM   #36 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
warrior bodhisattva
 
Baraka_Guru's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: East-central Canada
Quote:
Originally Posted by Martian
The problem is the layers; there are social aspects at play that go past the base physical.
This is why there are no such things as alpha human, beta human, etc. I use the terms loosely.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Martian
Let's make sure we keep in mind that the goal of evolution is not for the individual to survive, but rather for the offspring to survive.
Bingo. Hence the benefit and advantage of the family man.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Martian
I think that blaming everything on genetics is sort of in vogue at the moment. It gets overused.
Which is odd. I read somewhere recently that biological determinism died before I was born. I'd be as happy with its comeback as I would be with social Darwinism's.
__________________
Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Baraka_Guru is offline  
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73