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A comment on The Argument Against Terraforming Mars (2016). Parent comment

Re:The Argument Against Terraforming Mars (2016) by monochromatic on Sunday June 04, 2017 @08:51AM (#14481273)
If the species dies, all of my potential descendants die. I have genes that have evolved to prevent such an occurrence.
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Re:The Argument Against Terraforming Mars (2016) by Bakary on Sunday June 04, 2017 @11:08AM (#14481927)
Genes don't evolve according to a purpose, they simply happened to last until the current point in time.
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Re:The Argument Against Terraforming Mars (2016) by jpttsn on Sunday June 04, 2017 @12:39PM (#14482301)
People have genes for all sorts of things, from over-eating to cheating on their spouse.
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Re:The Argument Against Terraforming Mars (2016) by monochromatic on Sunday June 04, 2017 @03:53PM (#14483179)
And?
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Re:The Argument Against Terraforming Mars (2016) by jpttsn on Monday June 05, 2017 @08:14AM (#14487030)
Rational decision-making involves second guessing or even countering your genetic programming.

The "my genes made me do it" argument is no less flawed in a discussion about terraforming than one about what to order at McDonald's.

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