Re: On good authority...

On Feb 23, 10:56 am, John Larkin
<jjlar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:31:51 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmill...@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Feb 22, 10:13?pm, MooseFET <kensm...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If 50% of your offspring are insane, your genes are less likely to be
carried into future generations.

If I father 2 children, then maybe you have a point.
If I father 20 children, your argument starts to fall apart.

Having 20 kids would make you insane!

Ah, but which is the cause and which the effect?

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