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singlemindedness. Seekers of clarity, the eternal, no change and that
includes same clothes every day, same food, etc etc etc like lions on the
plains :-) sleep a lot.... conservation of energy ...genetic...but it is
catching...
best,
Chris
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> Subject: memetic or genetic laziness
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> >It's totally and completely and only laziness, Tim.
> >
> >- Wade (who is prone, he admits)
>
> I am interested in whether traits such as laziness are memetic or genetic.
> Our ancestors might have had some survival difficulties if laziness was a
> biologically endowed trait, so I think it might be a socially acquired
> behavior. But where would such a behavior have its origin?
>
> Brent.
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