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Contracted to Society
If we want society to support us then we have to support society. That is the basis of our contractual relationship with society. Society will look after us but we must also look after society. Society gives us rights and protections as individuals, support and benefits when we’re in need, a living environment that is…
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Genetic Intensification – The Drive to Extremes
If something works then you will persist in doing that something. You may even try to enhance or extend that something. In fact, the more you can do of that something then the better it should be for you. It’s tried and tested. Why would you do anything different? This is not only a natural…
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Genetic Luck – A Favoured Humanity?
Right here; right now. What are the odds? So often – too often – we take our existence for granted. It didn’t have to be like this. We didn’t have to be here; we didn’t have to be here in this state of being. Things could have turned out very differently. In Nature there are…
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Sci-fi Genetics – Correcting the Vision
Watching futuristic sci-fi films often proves quite problematic for me. A large proportion of the population always seem to be missing. Where are all the ugly, over-weight, bespectacled, disabled people? They no longer seem to exist. I can only presume that they must have been transferred into some “Wellsian” underworld. But maybe not; maybe there…
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Genetic Performance and Mutational Opportunity
When opportunity arises, some people will grasp their chance, many will not believe or trust their luck, whilst others will sit back and let the opportunity pass or have it taken away from them. Fate may deliver new possibilities but whether or not those possibilities prove fruitful will depend on the individual. The same may…
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The Right Partner for Reproductive Success
Reproduction, the passing on of our genes to another generation, is life’s most important task. As decreed by Nature, it is the very purpose of our existence. And yet, all species have limited opportunities for reproduction. An individual has to reach a certain level of maturity; they may have to wait until the environmental conditions…
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Society’s Evolutionary Vulnerability
Society has an intrinsic flaw, a weakness that generates a perilous vulnerability, something that, ultimately, may well threaten humanity’s existence. And although it may sound rather melodramatic, even scaremongering, by observing societal development we can see that there is an evolutionary logic to it. Society was created as our defensive mechanism to protect us from…
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Nature’s Arms Race
In an environment characterised by change, a species cannot afford to stand still. Genetic lethargy, genetic detachment or genetic derogation risks evolutionary demise. Certainly, in the evolutionary world, nothing good comes out of doing nothing. Evolution is a transitional process. The adoption of individual change drives wider change, environmental change. This spurs further individual change…
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Pseudogenes – Reliving the Past
Genetic engineering is often criticised for being a manipulative activity, for involving ourselves in Nature’s ways, for tampering with our humanity despite being unaware or uncertain of the consequences. Yet there may be one area of genetic tinkering that we could pursue which would not necessarily be so questionable, so indeterminate, so risky. That is…
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The Need for Moral Duality
If our sovereignty is threatened by a foreign country we will do everything we can to protect ourselves. We will fight, kill and even die for our country. External challenges are perceived as a threat to our way of life, as something that has to be guarded against. And yet when it comes to internal…
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Humanity’s Mistaken Persuasion
Humanity has such belief in our own self-importance. We like to think of ourselves as being centre stage – life revolves around us. We are Nature’s superior beings – the masters, the leaders, the controllers of this world. But it’s a mistaken outlook. Although we may try to be, we are not the main participant…
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Our Life’s Performance – A Genetic Review
The results are in. Our personal genetic assessment comes back to us – to what extent have we enhanced our evolutionary well-being. It doesn’t always make for the best of reading. In fact, it can be rather like reliving those school reports we received as a child – could do better; if he applied himself…
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