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Animals spend time and energy in reproduction and nurture This is wrongly labeled “Perpetuation of the Species” – which is the consequence & not the motivation for reproduction A slight (false) stretch of logic then deduces that the “function” of reproduction is “to” perpetuate the species The final error is to conclude that animals “behave” so as to “perpetuate the species”
In a group of altruists, there is always a dissenting minority who will refuse to make sacrifices. This minority is likely to have better reproductive success. Their progeny will inherit “selfish genes” After several generations of natural selection, these “rebels” will out-compete the altruists.
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