<div dir="ltr">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. <div><br></div><div>We'll know in a few hundred years. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 5:16 PM, John Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 11:16 AM, Keith Henson </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><i> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">></div>Is it rational to die for your tribe? Not from the individual's viewpoint! But it is from the viewpoint of the genes</i></blockquote><div><br></div></span><font size="4">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.</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">John K Clark</div><br></font><div> </div></div></div>
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