<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Whatever.  It doesn't seem that complicated for an act to look</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">rational from one viewpoint and irrational from another.  keith</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">That's what I am saying:  It can 'seem' to be one and actually the other.  </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> It cannot be both unless you look at different aspects of it or different people view it</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">bill w.</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Keith Henson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:06 PM, William Flynn Wallace<br>
<<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com">foozler83@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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snip<br>
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> If y'all are going to accept 'rational irrationality' I am outa this<br>
> discussion.<br>
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</span>Whatever.  It doesn't seem that complicated for an act to look<br>
rational from one viewpoint and irrational from another.<br>
<br>
Now imaging the "viewpoint" of a gene is a little harder, but I<br>
presume all of you have read _Selfish Gene._<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Keith<br>
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