Value

Dog Doesn't Want To Risk His Survival At The Cost Of The Other Dog

Throughout my whole I life I have been told that I need to give the best of me in order to succeed. But why the best of me? Isn't just the normal amount of energy enough? NO.
Why you ask? Because all living things are naturally competitive but mostly with their kind because they need the same tools and resources such as mates, living space, and food to survive. Our current key to survival is money. That's why everybody wants to be the best in what they do. Because of this uring for money, we have created corruption and distrust.

Ok so that's it for us, but as animals,why don't we simply kill each other? According to The Selfish Gene it's because it wastes too much energy and time to kill one of your own. But wait, weren’t we talking about the selfish here?

Yes, we do it so the species won’t be weak in front of others so the species gene can survive.
So I guess it’s not dog eat dog after all.

Rant.

In chapter 4, Richard Dawkins introduces us with anthropology (the study of the origin or human behavior). This study was started with the simple question of: Why do we do what we do? According to Dawkins, our lives revolve around survival. I guess he’s right. We do things according to our memories. What we remember of each determined situation. Does this finally go to your subconscious and become unconscious actions? He then compares this to the programming of a computer and how it’s still limited.
Our society is now revolving around technology, which suggests it’s a big part of our life. How computers are taking place f what used to be.

Build-A-Baby

As I sat in the gym reading chapter three of The Selfish Gene, I couldn't help but think about my children. How will they look? I hope they have my eyes but lighter. Oh! and they should be really pretty. If it's a boy I want him to be ripped by the time he's 16..... I want him to be happy. If she's a girl I don't want her to be fat.... I want her to be happy. Of course all of this isn't up to me. It's up to this so-called "Selfish Gene". I guess I now understand son-to-be parents when they say that all they want is for it to be a healthy baby. (Of course they also mean that it’s product of their love but whatever…)

We all know that we inherit certain things from our parents. This whole heredity process is described from pages 27 to 32. Right away this reminded me of something I’d heard about manipulating genetics. Everything from eye color, type and color of hair, to height in embryos. In the process of looking for said (ABC) article, I came across a (CBS) article about ultimately choosing the sex of your baby. Think about it, if you had the choice of how your baby would turn out, would you?

This immediately makes me think of Build-A-Bear. I know, how can I possibly compare a stuffed animal with a baby? Well, let’s see: you would be choosing their physical appearance, their name, and their clothes which will eventually lead to the building of their character. At the end of the day, you’re building something. It takes all the randomness and surprise out of it. An inorganic person. It’s simply immoral!

Of course choosing your child has its advantages. For one, you can assure it will be healthy. I understand that some new parents that now have a child with a deformity or born with a disease, would’ve loved this opportunity but if we all chose our children, all diversity would be terminated.

The value of beauty changes with time therefore we would make babies that are beautiful to us at the time so in the future we would end up with ugly robots.
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Choice vs. Will

If you haven't noticed by now, I hate when people aren't coherent and I love to find people contradicting themselves. In other words, saying something stupid. You might be thinking: So what is the difference? To me, when people aren't coherent they say something and do something different. To contradict is to take it one step further, you do or say the exact opposite. For example, when people use their words erroneously. (I know I probably do the same in fact, everyone does.)
Something that I’m very aware of almost all the time is how people limit themselves. “I can’t” and “I’m not allowed” mean very different things. When you are given an order, you feel limited. Think about it… can you do it? Whether you should do it is a different matter. A perfect example of this is when you’re young and you need to go to the bathroom or something and ask, “Can I go to the bathroom?” and your teacher responds “I don’t know, can you?” I’m sure you probably hated when people did this to you but I’m afraid to tell you that they’re right.
We see this in Candide in pg. 24 when Candide “took into his head to decamp and walked straight off, thinking it a privilege common to man and beast to use his legs when he wanted.” Literally speaking, he could walk off whenever he wanted. As a matter of fact anyone could. Most don’t because they clearly shouldn’t because they will face terrible repercussions like Candide who then got whipped.
According to definitions, most people are using words incorrectly. You don’t do stuff not because you can’t, but because youdon’t want to face the consequences. So the next time a person calls you out on your speaking habits remember : They are encouraging you to use your words properly. (Anyway,all of the cool kids are doing it!)