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From: rodvan@microsoft.UUCP (Rod VAN MECHELEN)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles
Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
Message-ID: <59261@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 23 Nov 90 00:15:51 GMT
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In article <16791@netcom.UUCP>, barry@netcom.UUCP (Kenn Barry) writes:
> In article <59079@microsoft.UUCP> rodvan@microsoft.UUCP (Rod VAN MECHELEN) writes:
> >we survive by virtue of our rational faculty.
> 
> 	Surely not only that? Mating is an important part of
> racial survival, but mating seems to have a very necessary
> bit of irrationality about it :-).
> 
> 						Kayembee

Which is?

And why?

I am aware this seems to hold true for almost all people, but 
it can also be demonstrated that a huge chunck of humanity 
drinks alcohol, there's no sane reason for it, it does nothing
to promote survival, and ideally no one would do it.  Yet
billions do.  

Shall we then recommend it simply because so many others do?
And if so, then what would be the difference between this and
the very common assertion children make to their parents:
"But (fill-in-a-name)'s parents let him/her do it!" or "But
everybody's doing it!" 

Just because 99% of the human population behaves like an 
idiot doesn't mean idiocy is either a desirable characteristic
or necessary to our survival.

OO
\/
Rod

I may be an idiot like you, but *sniff* my idiocy is of a superior
sort.  <-: