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Fri 21 Aug, 2015 01:41 am
Does "are nothing more than their throwaway survial machines" mean "are merely their survial machines that, once used. will be discarded"?
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Our genes made us. We animals exist for their preservation and are nothing more than their throwaway survial machines.
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
@Tes yeux noirs,
Tes yeux noirs wrote:
Yes
Is it said in the level of genes? Throwaway? We've been seeing that parents nurture their children until they've grown up.
@oristarA,
It's anthropomorphization. The genes only "care" about behavior that aids their survival. They don't "care" about the survival of the individual. Therefore, childcare would be something that the genes "care" about.
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