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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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If we're genetically predisposed to think about it, and even believe in it, then why?It's not so implausable, think of a queen bee that releases fairomones when they die, 100 or 200 years ago, such things were unexplainable, in 100 years who knows what we'll explain about what we don't know today.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:24,
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Depends who you ask,evolutionary psychologists think it's an intergral part of society and so it was an advantage early in our history. Honestly we don't know yet, if it's even true let alone what the causes are.
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It's a good motivator to get people to do bad-for-self-but-good-for-the-tribe things, certainly.(, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:52, Reply)
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