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Re: what do you think of editorals regarding the environment?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 2 Jun 2001 07:05:03 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
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> > It's just infertility. It would suck and all, don't get me wrong, but it's
> > not like gouging their eyes out.
> > >
> > > But from an evolutionary standpoint, the denial of genetic lineage is a
> > > far greater crime than the gouging out of eyes.
> >
> > In your mind maybe.
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> In my mind, and in the "mind" of 3.5+ billion years of evolution so far.
> Which do you think provides objectively a greater chance that your genetics
> will live on--your ability to see, or your ability to reproduce?
Ah, but if you're going to take the tack of genetics alone, losing your site
virtually guarantees that you die quickly and don't pass your genetics on
anyways. If you lose repro capability, at least you can help OTHERS survive.
Only in the EXTREMELY near past (in terms of the planet's lifetime) did
blindness (at least, blindness NOT a part of the creature's design) no longer
doom you to death.
--
Tom Stangl
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