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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1253)	2/27/2006 2:15:04 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) of 69300

issue #5 the degree of altruism depends on the proportion of genes shared. The studies cited are about social insects (like bees and ants) and not social 'mammals'. Still, the study is accurate when applied to genes. Saving several relatives can be as good a way to pass on genes as having offspring of your own. When you want to apply this to mammals or especially humans you get back into the gene-meme distinctions again. Humans are likely to sacrifice to save "ideas" as much as they will sacrifice to save "genes". This is not a Darwinian study because ideas can change and modify without the holder of the ideas having to be born or die. This makes memes much more fluid and not subject to the fairly simple ratios that define altruism in creatures with few brain cells to spare for an idea. TP

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