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"Matt Barrow" wrote: Learning right from wrong comes from evolution. Evolution comes from learning right from wrong. Both are correct. Populations of organisms "learn" the right way to survive in their environments or they perish. The ability to do this is coded into their genes. The coding changes over time due to a combination of mutation and natural selection, i.e., by evolution. Humans have evolved complex behaviors that allow successful, large-scale tribal organization. Simpler analogues of these behaviors are seen among animals, particulary the other apes. In groups of chimps, means to settle disputes without violence exist but are not always followed, and murder has been observed, just as in human society. Or better said, learning better ways of doing things...like talking rather than fighting. That's called "progress" and "building on foundations of knowledge". It's just using what evolution gave us. "Progress" in terms of human behavior is ephemeral, and quickly reverts to savagery given the proper circumstances. It will require some more biological evolution to change human nature; Homo Sapiens will have to give way to Homo Something Else. -- Dan C-172RG at BFM |
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