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The Changing Shift in Gender Roles
Read more: The Changing Shift in Gender RolesThroughout Nature and certainly in the case of humanity, males have tended to be the dominant gender – not only are they bigger and stronger, but the nature of their reproductive act – their genetic contribution – is rapid-repeating, unlimited and non-committal. It means that they can tender their genes as much as they like. Females, on the other hand, have to make a much greater investment…
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Ensuring Survival Through Collective Strength
Read more: Ensuring Survival Through Collective StrengthWhen it comes to the survival of a species, safeguards must be in place to prevent it from being adversely affected by the erroneous actions of any of its members. The most important protection for a species is the strength of the collective. In its evolution, a species advances as a single entity, albeit driven by individual actions. Adaptations take place at the periphery, only properly establishing…
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Our Life’s Performance – A Genetic Review
Read more: Our Life’s Performance – A Genetic ReviewThe results are in. Our individual genetic assessment comes back to us. It doesn’t make for the best of reading. In fact, it’s rather like reliving those school reports we received as children – could do better; if he applied himself more; too easily distracted. It seems our Genetic Priorities have not received the attention they deserve. We have, according to the report, lived a rather wayward…
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Humanity’s Mistaken Persuasion
Read more: Humanity’s Mistaken PersuasionHumanity has an enormous sense of 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 in Nature’s affairs. We are merely a cog in a much greater machine.…
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The Need for Moral Flexibility
Read more: The Need for Moral FlexibilityIf 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 threats to our way of life, as something to be guarded against. And yet when it comes to internal challenges to the customs and operations of society – rioting, criminality and general lawlessness –…
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Pseudogenes – Reliving the Past
Read more: Pseudogenes – Reliving the PastGenetic engineering is often criticised for being a manipulative activity, for interfering with Nature’s ways, and for tampering with our humanity despite being unaware or uncertain of the consequences. Yet there may be one area of genetic tinkering we could pursue that would not necessarily be so questionable, indeterminate, or risky. That is in relation to pseudogenes. Pseudogenes are genes that we once had but are now…
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Nature’s Genetic Arms Race
Read more: Nature’s Genetic Arms RaceIn 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 as genes adapt to that changed environment. It’s a perpetuating cycle, designed…
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Society’s Evolutionary Vulnerability
Read more: Society’s Evolutionary VulnerabilitySociety 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 the vagaries and savageries of Nature. By living together, humanity could support…
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Choosing the Right Partner for Successful Reproduction
Read more: Choosing the Right Partner for Successful ReproductionReproduction, the passing on of our genes to another generation, is life’s most important task. As divined 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 environmental conditions are amenable to their offspring’s survival, and they will have limited fertility or…