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"Social amoebas" will sacrifice themselves for the good of their race
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...print/asection
Amoebas usually reproduce asexually, but during times when there is little food available, researchers have found that the social amoeba species known as Dictyostelium purpureum aggregates in large numbers. Some turn into spores while others form a stalk structure to disperse the spores. Amoebas that become part of the stalk do not get to pass along their own genes to future generations, but assist in propagating the genes of the amoebas that form spores.
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I'm sure somebody will turn this thread into a gay-Christian flamewar.
I posted before it happened 
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This reminds me of a thought: what if somewhere along the evolutionary track there was a split to three or more genders? In essence, that's what these little guys become, right?
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
I'm sure somebody will turn this thread into a gay-Christian flamewar.
I posted before it happened
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Gays normally reproduce asexually except when there is little food and then they reproduce more?
Or were you talking about Christians?
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Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
Gays normally reproduce asexually except when there is little food and then they reproduce more?
Or were you talking about Christians?
I was thinking more along the lines of Salty and Rob, like in this thread
http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...-meaning-your/
But ok, you are welcome to join them.
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The title of this thread is very misleading. This is a simple case of kin selection. This is more akin to sacrificing yourself for a large number of your twins, not members of your species.
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Researchers at the University of Houston found that when amoebas belonging to different kin were collected from various locations at the Houston Arboretum and then clumped together in a limited-food environment, the amoebas managed to form spores largely with their own kin -- showing that the willingness of the microorganisms to sacrifice themselves is tied to helping those amoebas with the most similar genes.
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Cool.
For some reason i wish i could do that?   
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One could argue that joining the infantry has a fairly similar evolutionary function.
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Originally Posted by analogika
One could argue that joining the infantry has a fairly similar evolutionary function.
Yes, but one would lose that argument.
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Originally Posted by analogika
One could argue that joining the infantry has a fairly similar evolutionary function.
I abhor the implication that the Royal Navy has become a haven for cannibalism. There is none. And by none, I mean some.
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Originally Posted by chris v
There is none. And by none, I mean some.
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[removed oversize and derailatory image --tooki]
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@ Erik
The countdown begins.
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Of course, Erik, if you didn't have me on ignore you'd know that that wasn't my viewpoint.
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Sorry. The only ignore I have you on is the rolling of my eyes everytime I read your posts
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I am teh Elect, neither of you nose what u are talking about.
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Sorry. The only ignore I have you on is the rolling of my eyes everytime I read your posts
So... ...Blind or illiterate then. Which is it?
My position has never been "God hates fags". It's "God hates the way Salty thinks he's the second coming"*.
(* note to Salty: you dragged me into your Barney's wang thread. So there's your payback. )
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Originally Posted by Doofy
My position has never been "God hates fags". It's "God hates the way Salty thinks he's the second coming"*.
Christian forgiveness?
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LOL, erik good job 
But you need to add Rob and SWF.
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Christian forgiveness?
Nothing to forgive. Salty ain't offended me and I hold no grudge against him. But I ain't gonna sit back and let him twist scripture and delude himself (and anyone else in earshot who's stupid enough to think he knows what he's talking about).
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Stfu Noob!
Stick to your line, faggot !
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Stfu Noob!
GoRickey Proud of you. ®.
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Hi Cody.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
So... ...Blind or illiterate then. Which is it?
My position has never been "God hates fags". It's "God hates the way Salty thinks he's the second coming"*.
So the Second Coming is Salty?
No news there.
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Originally Posted by analogika
So the Second Coming is Salty?
Did you intentionally spell coming with an "o" ?
SCNR
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Either works, so...
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Originally Posted by Doofy
(* note to Salty: you dragged me into your Barney's wang thread. So there's your payback. )
Actually I believe that was my Barney's wang thread which you seem to come into voluntarily.
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OMGWTFBBQ ?
I came in SWF 's "Barney's wang thread", too ?
I feel dirty now.
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Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
Actually I believe that was my Barney's wang thread which you seem to come into voluntarily.
It stopped being your thread when Salty hijacked it for his daily whine.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
It stopped being your thread when Salty hijacked it for his daily whine.
Well personally I think what he says is crap also but I don't care enough about his opinion to argue with him for 2 pages.
Since you'll never convince him of anything I suggest you just let him prattle on and nobody will care.
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I hpoe everything turns out well for our Amoeba Friends! We have allot to be thankful for! Hello to my good friend Cody!
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Never, ever, ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever, ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,
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ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever, give in. - Winston churchill.
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Wow, you circumvented the sig rules without breaking them. 
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Wow, what is the obsession with WDLove in like 3 threads now?
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Originally Posted by Dakar
Wow, what is the obsession with WDLove in like 3 threads now?
Maybe some are on withdrawal ?
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Originally Posted by Dakar
Wow, what is the obsession with WDLove in like 3 threads now?
I follow him all over the internet. I even designed and host his sig img. (true fact)
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