2007-08-18 04:08:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes...survival of the fittest..
2007-08-18 08:55:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a good question with a simple answer. Evolution created impulses in people which are like rules of thumb. For instance, moths evolved to have a rule of thumb that they should seek light. So they fly towards light. This enabled them to get upwards towards starlight and moonlight millions of years before we had streetlights, candles, and bug zappers.
Unfortunately, this rule of thumb gets moths into trouble nowadays because they fly straight into the zapper or the firelight and hover around for no good reason.
Nobody would say that the moth evolved to commit suicide in the bugzapper or fire. It only evolved to fly towards light.
Human beings are the same way. We didn't evolve to commit suicide. But we did evolve to have very strong emotions that act as negative reinforcements for certain behaviors. We evolved to want to spread our genes by winning the girl- preferably the most attractive and eligable one we can. As a deterrent for letting her get away, we evolved a strong sense of jealousy. So if someone steals the girl or she cheats, we get outraged, angry, depressed, sometimes suicidal.
The important thing to understand is that moths did not evolve to commit suicide in firelights and bugzappers, and human beings did not evolve to commit suicide for the various reasons they do. Nature evolved rules of thumb, so we could be flexible in our choices depending on the circumstances. Read Richard Dawkins' "the selfish gene" for a better understanding of human and animal behavior.
2007-08-18 04:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by Earl Grey 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In a way, and I don't mean to be or sound hateful.. but Yes.
Sometimes patients who commit suicide are often mentally ill as well, (depression, schizophrenic, bi-polar, among a myriad of other mental disorders that can be named).
So they have this disorder, and they kill themselves. Thus removing their genes from the genepool, which may also lessen the amount of mental illness in future generations. But, this would only work in the sense of evolution, if it is done before they begin to have children.
It sounds bad, but in a way it can be read that way. I do not and did not want anyone to be hurt by this statement. My brother committed passive suicide, so I'm affected by this thought and statement as well.
2007-08-18 04:21:28 · answer #3 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. I've always thought that it's something that happens when you take a distorted understanding of "personal responsibility" to an absurd extreme.
2007-08-18 04:20:20 · answer #4 · answered by knoodelhed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't get the connection.....so I'm going to say NO.
Suicide is the act of a person who doesn't believe there is another alternative.
2007-08-18 04:13:14 · answer #5 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is actually a belief that if I escape from my problems they will cease to exist. Yet If LIFE is eternal it is really just a cop-out.
2007-08-18 04:12:46 · answer #6 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It's an act of despondence and desperation.
2007-08-18 04:19:58 · answer #7 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You are not fit to survive so you kill yourself, thus asserting your genetic dominance over...yourself....yeah....
2007-08-18 04:12:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-08-18 04:12:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋