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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't try to propagate my genes ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Perhaps not with conscious intent. I suppose even staying alive and contributing to a society still means that you help your relatives pass their genes on. Even gay penguins do this when they adopt an orphaned egg.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't even live near any of my relatives, and anyone I would help would be about as related to me as any other human (so, not related). Perhaps in another time period I would've helped my tribe, but that is not the society I live in today.

Not that it really matters here, because I have no obligation to help genes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Every other human around you has almost the same genes as you. Just being kind to others is already a tiny contribution to the survival of the species and the genes we share. Pretty sure one would have to be actively suicidial or a Bond villain in order to not to help the genes that survive on with every breath anybody ever takes.