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0 pointstremon3y ago0 comments

You being born is the ultimate proof of genes having been passed on. In what way is that not sufficient?

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But you haven't passed on any genes. You have only been passed genes.

That is, if the choice of language confuses people: You have only been given those genes. You haven't given any genes to anyone else who can give those genes further, which is what matters in an evolutionary perspective.

tremonOP3y ago

And your parents passing on their genes to you doesn't matter, from an evolutionary perspective? You have only "been given" those genes, as if by magic?

Ma8ee3y ago

Uh?

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Ma8ee3y ago

But you haven't passed on any genes. You have only been passed genes.

tremonOP3y ago

And your parents passing on their genes to you doesn't matter, from an evolutionary perspective? You have only "been given" those genes, as if by magic?

Ma8ee3y ago

Uh?

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