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To: zonder who wrote (46)	5/7/2003 8:53:03 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) of 520

> Yes, it's called "cancer". That is what he said. But I want to know if the normal cells have some form of limited competition. > Except that the cells are "programmed" not to be selfish, while individuals are, conversely, "programmed" to be very selfish indeed... I don't know about the cells yet...but individuals are not programmed to be insanely selfish. We are selfish to a point. Once the basic needs are met and the person feels to have more or less an average life, the amount selfishness motivates the person drops off. At least in the material sense that I am talking about it. There have been far too many people who've shown selfless acts. > This is news to me. I searched in Google and came up with nothing. Could you provide some links? No. Saw it on National Geography. You may want to search their web site. > How long does sperm live in the female body anyway? 24 hrs? I think it is 4 days. Also, a man has been away from his wife (business trip) or suspects she may be cheating produces a lot more sperms than otherwise. > what is the connection between competition for survival and transmitting one's genes to the next generation and the existence of a creator? I said nothing about a creator. What I am saying is that there are many parallels in the way the universe works at different scales (a crude example is the solar system versus the atomic model). So the question is do you consider the cells (or in my example the sperms) to be intelligent? I am not talking about intelligence as compared to a human being but relative intelligence say compared to relative size. Granted, the sperm are not sitting around solving differential equations, but neither are they wondering around aimlessly. So if you have cells that are showing competition and cooperation skills based on genetic similarities and you have people who do the same at much bigger scale, then could it be possible that we are all part of a greater being? (Think along the lines of Gaia, Buddha, Sufi doctrines.

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