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by NotSammyHagar 565 days ago
That comment sounds naive and it's honestly irritating to read. Most all life has a self-preservation component, it is how life avoids getting eaten too easily. Everything dies but almost everything is trying to avoid dying in ordinary cases. Self sacrifice is not universal.
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> Self sacrifice is not universal.

Thankfully, our progenitors had the foresight to invent religion to encourage it. :)