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evolutionary attack

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Is there a word for when one creature convinces another creature to not do something in its evolutionary interest?

Like when a cuckoo bird takes over a nest and the other bird feeds it thinking it is feeding its children?

Or more to my point, if I can convince someone they are gay or should not have children because of the planet or there is no God - what would be the word for that?
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Re: evolutionary attack

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Seems like I believe in evolution more than you.
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Re: evolutionary attack

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Wootah wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:34 am [Replying to JoeyKnothead in post #10]

Seems like I believe in evolution more than you.
I don't think majority Christian thinking's evolved it much beyond the superstitious fears and hatreds of old, if that's what ya mean.

As to the OP, I note professionals tend to consider homosexuals to be otherwise normal folk.

To say folks are trying to convince people to be gay has me thinking you fear it'll happen to you.
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Re: evolutionary attack

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Wootah wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:24 pm Is there a word for when one creature convinces another creature to not do something in its evolutionary interest?

Like when a cuckoo bird takes over a next and the other bird feeds it thinking it is feeding its children?

Or more to my point, if I can convince someone they are gay or should not have children because of the planet or there is no God - what would be the word for that?
Hijacking.

I would say it's a hijack of their biological imperative. For example, this cicada has been hijacked by this fungus.




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[Replying to Purple Knight in post #13]
Hijacking.

I would say it's a hijack of their biological imperative. For example, this cicada has been hijacked by this fungus.
The famous zombie-ant fungus is another example ... nasty stuff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocord ... ilateralis

https://www.newsweek.com/parasite-zombi ... ins-707816
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Thanks for that suggestion I think you could be right. Glad you took my post seriously to think of an answer.
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:yikes:

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Quite intelligent processes at play there :) ;)

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JoeyKnothead wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:29 am Face it, ya'll gay hating Christians got it all wrong, and tell us more about your own 'twisted' desires, than ya do the desires of others.
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Re: evolutionary attack

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JoeyKnothead wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:09 pm :yikes:

Why did I click the links? Why?
Because fixing it in the gaze instead of looking away does something primal to our sense of fear to ameliorate it slightly. We don't want to look away. We want to see it. These things are examples of creatures that can only kill you if you look away. It comes from a primal place. Probably tigers. Tigers are less likely to attack if you look at them.

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And if a domestic cat is ever hiding, looking to jump out at you, point at the cat and say, "I see you!" and he can't attack. Random things learned from growing up in the jungle.

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[Replying to Purple Knight in post #19]

Exactly.

We are understanding that the tiger [nature] is intelligent, and acknowledging this understanding with the help of our own intelligence...

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