tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post1669642019223789581..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: La Bobera, and a tragic challengeAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-89420234321491285032010-06-03T10:43:17.650-04:002010-06-03T10:43:17.650-04:00Perhaps common (evolutionary) sense says: reproduc...Perhaps common (evolutionary) sense says: reproduce and let the consequences be what they are! Worrying about happiness is a luxury relative to evolution. So the reproductive drive _is_ common sense, built in over billions of years, and typically overriding other considerations.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-90324049370287829932010-06-03T10:23:41.375-04:002010-06-03T10:23:41.375-04:00my father always said that the drive to reproduce ...my father always said that the drive to reproduce tends to override common sense. If the family realizes that they are passing on this gene, common sense says to stop reproducing! That's how an animal breeder would take care of said problem (says the goat farmer!)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781510687154219618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-57167258746974932682010-06-03T09:44:42.476-04:002010-06-03T09:44:42.476-04:00I appreciated one of the success stories populariz...I appreciated one of the success stories popularized in the recent movie <i>Extraordinary Measures.</i><br /><br />An accurate account of the success story is available, <i>Harvard Business Review</i> "A Father's Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals" (2002).James Goetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412501436355228925noreply@blogger.com