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In article <[email protected]>,
  [email protected] wrote:

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> I don't know how this feature could have
> arisen, since from his perspective it goes against the grain of natural selection.
> Perhaps he thinks humans did not evolve by being naturally selected.

I get the impression this is exactly why he's looking hard at these
subjects - in order to avoid that conclusion. It seems that there is
substantial evidence for a 'selfish gene' approach to evolution, in fact
it seems to be an essential foundation of evolutionary science, but we
still find various things that just do not seem to fit that model - many
sociological and psychological elements have been mentioned. Do we thus
throw the model out? I would hope not and it seems Phil is trying to find
ways to reconcile these anomalies.

> owleye

Mick.
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"Many a mickle makes a muckle".
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