Comments on: Introduction, Then: Genes, Memes and Why Contraception is Natural

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The Four Horsemen: Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens | Nico Mara-McKay — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:20:56 +0000

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By: Nico

Nico — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:55:22 +0000

Back in my rat raising days, we called it "reabsorption", when the mother eats her runted young. I think that's more of a resource issue. It's in the interest of the genes to concentrate resources on young more likely to survive than those which begin with a poor start. Mind you the Romans "exposed" their young; they left unwanted babies by the hillside to die of exposure. Of course, and there's still China today, as Drew pointed out above. In a memes versus genes war: memes can triumph. (See suicide bombers, for example.)

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By: Nico

Nico — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:41:14 +0000

Thanks!

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By: The Wizzard

The Wizzard — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:20:32 +0000

That's what they do in places like China, infanticide to control the offspring according to the intentions of the parent(s).

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By: Gesigewigus

Gesigewigus — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:16:34 +0000

While I'm not sure about other animals using active birth control, there are animals that kill their young, which some could equate as a same thing. Not in a "life begins at conception" sort of way, but in killing/preventing young, which has basically the same end result, no young. So some might think birth controls and condoms aren't natural, so instead we could stick with just killing babies, because that's more natural.

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By: Squink

Squink — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:13:31 +0000

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