I saw it somewhere..
There's a saying that humans are merely tools for what we call genes to continue living..
Humans are not the subject
For what we call genes to continue living and evolving
they are using humans as objects..
You've probably heard of the terms dominant and recessive genes..
Double eyelids are recessive(?), right..? But I think I've also heard someone say they're dominant before..
Tall height is dominant..
Dominant traits seem to be good(?), but..
Genes have an instinct to select dominant genes in order to survive well and be passed on to future generations..is that right..? I'm not entirely sure..
We have many genes in our bodies..
But..
If we view a person as a single gene..
For this gene to survive for a long time and be regenerated in future generations
it has no choice but to be selfish..
Being selfish..it tries to acquire dominant genes
When women choose men too
In order to pass on better quality genes to the next generation
they end up choosing men who are tall and strong..
These genes are very selfish..
They have no choice but to be selfish because..
To survive..to pass on better genes to future generations
something better than others..
So if we view humans as a single gene..
women come to prefer tall, handsome, and wealthy men
and men are also inclined to prefer corresponding partners..
If we limit this to men..
To create better genes for the next generation
In the old days, it was hunting..
but in modern times, it's a structure where one has no choice but to be obsessed with earning lots of money..
Having a lot of money in modern times means..
being able to enjoy abundant nutrition..broad education..partners with dominant genes..things like that
Genes that enjoy those things have a very high possibility of creating stronger and more robust genes in future generations..
To do that..
Even if it's not the normal way
one might end up using wrong methods to accumulate more wealth..
Here..
There's a point where humans differ from beasts..
Unlike beasts, humans
can resist that selfish and crude thing called genes
by having thoughts and ideologies..
When selfish genes try to accumulate wealth through wrong methods
thoughts and ideologies that resist it
can prevent the selfish actions of genes..
If such thoughts and ideologies are not properly established
humans are merely..
tools needed for genes to pass on to future generations, nothing more..
Was it Xunzi who said that..? The theory that human nature is evil..or Laozi..? Zhuangzi..? Anyway..
People are born evil..
If we apply the genetic principle mentioned above
we can say that humans are born evil because of these selfish genes..
We call humans the crown of creation..
If there's a difference between the crown of creation and beasts, it's..
I think it might be the ability to think and have ideologies that resist selfish genes..
To handsome people like Jang Dong-gun..Jung Woo-sung..Won Bin
the media often refers to them as having 'selfish genes'..
meaning their children have a high probability of inheriting high-quality good genes..
But if..
they only possess selfish genes
they would be merely tools needed for the purpose of genes creating the next generation
nothing more..
Everyone commits sins and harbors evil in their hearts..
But we have also developed thoughts and ideologies that can resist it..
It's an era where one has to be selfish to live well..
Though it seems like I'm not the one to say this, as I possess selfish genes more than anyone
what truly is the way to live well..
is definitely something worth reconsidering..
