[ExI] Stone age intuition was medical power of attorney

[BillK]

On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Keith Henson  wrote:
> But you really need the right model to think about evolved traits.
> The "goal" of genes is more copies in subsequent generations.
> Sometimes that means the death of those who hold the genes when their
> death improves the prospects for copies of the genes in others.  This
> provides considerable insight into otherwise hard to understand human
> behaviors from capture-bonding to fighting in wars.  The same analysis
> provides an explanation for the different moral intuitions we have
> about killing people while fighting wars and at other times.
>
>

Hmmm.   It appears that in the US about 20% of women remain childless.
This seems to be rather a large percentage if they have evolved from
genes to have as many children as possible.

Perhaps genes are not the only driver of human behaviour?

BillK