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Can someone answer this without an evolutionary presupposition?
by pizzafeelsright 2y ago
Can someone answer this without an evolutionary presupposition?
- gnkyfrg 2y agoDying worker bees ensure survival of the group without a measurable impact on death of the colony, which when seen as a super organism, means only a part of the organism, leaving the reproducing parts intact, since workers don't mate anyway.
- krapp 2y agoWhat are you asking for, a parable? A metaphor?
- krisoft 2y agoIt is in the article "A honey bee dies when it stings you because its stinger is covered in barbs, causing its abdomen to get ripped out when it tries to fly away. And surviving with your guts spilling out everywhere is pretty bloody hard." That's the baseline answer. It is a simple observation, and at this level of question you don't need to worry about evolution at all.
- pestatije 2y agothey are so pissed off by your presence that they say fuck it, ill fuck this bastard no matter what
- ssener2001 2y ago[dead]