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Neutralmind
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Message 1 of 4 (387105)
02-26-2007 9:57 AM


In the thread "Homosexuality and Natural Selection" http://EvC Forum: Homosexuality and Natural Selection. -->EvC Forum: Homosexuality and Natural Selection. ( yes I know it's old) many evo's were defending a view that gay people are maybe born gay to play an "evolutionary" role to society. They help their sister and family more than a straight guy and so ensure their genes are passed on.
refrerence:
kuresu Message 26
as you can guess--wrong. the ToE is dependent on getting your genes passed on. your statement discludes (i may have made that up?) all the asexually reproducing organims. and if you don't have children, but you're sister or brother does, what do you generally do? you help your sister/brother with raising them--they do have a good chunck of the same genes you do--they are family.
Okay, let's suppose this is true. What other "types" of human could we categorize to fit into this by applying the same logic?
Let's say a murderer. Maybe he's just killing people so there are not so many hostile "species" left to harm his family (therefore his genes will get passed on more likely)?
A rapist, maybe he's just increasing his chances of passing on his genes?
A musician, musicians are known to to make people happier, a happy family is more likely to not kill each other and are also known to be more sexually active.
A golf player, he's making a lot of money to ensure his own and familys' well being, therefore his genes are more likely to be passed on.
My point is (if you didn't get it), anything can be ascribed to having an evolutionary purpose, but it just may not be that. Or can it?
Is everything we do related to passing on our genes?
Are we born to a certain evolutionary purpose ex. gay people helping they're family to increase the odds of they're genes getting passed on?
Or did I just confuse something?
PS. I hope my evc idol NJ will pay a visit here

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Message 2 of 4 (387113)
02-26-2007 11:13 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Neutralmind
02-26-2007 9:57 AM


Hi there,
The main target of you OP seems to be the sort of theories, some rather ad hoc, proposed by evolutionary psychologists.
Are you approaching this as an actual issue of biology or as one of social issues and evolution?
Which forum were you thinking of?
TTFN,
AW

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Neutralmind
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Message 3 of 4 (387123)
02-26-2007 12:37 PM
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02-26-2007 11:13 AM


Social issues yeah.

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