Saturday, March 3, 2012

Philosophy Wire: Immortal worms, Mortal humans, no sex?

E6AB291F6E6DFE7D71ED38EB7A1BE379Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-03-03]: Worms which reproduce asexually seem to be able to sustain a divide-and-rebirth circle for “ever” [source: The Guardian]. Would you sacrifice sex for immortality? The funny thing is that most people would answer “No” to this question. And so the “evolved” human would lose the battle from a worm due to his “free” will…

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