From: jmaxwell@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jon A. Maxwell)
Date: 3 Nov 1996 17:33:53 -0500
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

Oliver Sparrow wrote:
]   writes:
]
] > but the conclusion that the suffering of the underlings is
] > selected for because it benefits the overlings, that seems a
] > bit of a stretch, don't you think?
]
] Not really. Only the alpha males get to breed: what helps them
] is what gets passed on.

Not true.  Take a look at some nature films; what's that monkey
doing with the girl while the Alpha male is away?  You guessed
it!

We even have sperm cells (or something in there) that actively
try to kill any foreign sperm.  That's not to benefit the Alpha
male, surely!


]  (Sheesh! These guys never cease to amaze me.)

]   Oliver Sparrow
]   ohgs@chatham.demon.co.uk



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