How so?
Generally when our genes urge us to do something we don't listen, and do what we like instead. Like doing extreme sports, gawping at pictures of dangerous animals, eating things that taste funny, and using contraception. And the whole of human culture.
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_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences,
Sun 7 Sep 2008, 2:22,
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Ooh, fair point. Discomfort caused by cravings is motivating.
Maybe people have babies because they get cranky if they don't.
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_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences,
Sun 7 Sep 2008, 2:31,
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If we paid full attention to the urges of our genes
we'd be constantly eating other people's babies. And then having some ourselves.
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 2:36,
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