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Originally Posted by ADL Colin
If I remember correctly Gary becker won a Nobel prize for an explanation on this topic (or similar). I don't remember the details.
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I'm going to read this. I am curious what he has to say.
Evolution in humans in the last few hundred years has not favored survival of the fittest. As advanced brained animals we have sympathy. You'll never see a turtle give up his shell for another turtle with 3 babies who are freezing in the rain. But you see it with humans. This gives the weak the ability to breed and teach their offspring how to act the same way. Although I have no proof that genetics plays into it, I am sure there is a pattern somewhere.
Anyway, this sort of thing fascinates me.