Posted by anthonyberet on 11/02/05 23:49

vern husk wrote:
> hawat.thufir@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> anthonyberet wrote:
>> ..
>>
>>> While stealing might confir some advantage to humans, is it the kind of
>>> advantage that results in having more offspring?
>
>
> Yes. You're hungry, have no food, but someone else has food. You have no
> money to buy it. You steal it. You live long enough to procreate.
>
That does happen of course, but a person who in a developed society who
can acquire food without stealing it is more likely -other things being
equal- to get laid/married, and thus have kids.

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