Re: virus: Why have children?

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Thu, 31 Oct 1996 01:04:56 -0600 (CST)


On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Richard Brodie wrote:

> Hakeeb wrote:
>
> For example I've always wondered exactly why (not how!)
> people have children and I've never
> come up with a satisfactory answer. If someone could give me plausible
> reasons for this bizarre practice, I'd
> really be grateful.
>
> Animals have children because the self-replicating genes that program
> them cause them to.
>
> Level-1 people have children because they are behaving instinctively,
> like animals.
>
> Level-2 people have children because they have been programmed to,
> either through copying attitudes of those around them, education,
> religion, or some other means.
>
> If Level-3 people have children, they do it because it supports their
> purpose in life.
>
> It would be interesting to see if the average number of children
> decreases as people progress up the levels.
>
> Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com +1.206.688.8600
> CEO, Brodie Technology Group, Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA
> http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
> Do you know what a "meme" is?
> http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm

It would also be interesting to see if the average number of
grandchildren increases or decreases as people progress up the levels.

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