[ExI] Prisoner of bad philosophy: Carl Sagan couldn?t allow > himself to hope

[SR Ballard]

Well, it might be rational to use the condom from the gene's point of view
if the offspring which are produced, though fewer, have a higher chance of
producing offspring.

We'll know in a few hundred years.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 5:16 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 11:16 AM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> * >Is it rational to die for your tribe? Not from the individual's
>> viewpoint!  But it is from the viewpoint of the genes*
>
>
> Yes but it can work the other way too. Is it rational to use a condom? Not
> from the genes viewpoint but it is from the individuals viewpoint.
>
> John K Clark
>
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