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   Gerry Quinn to All   
   Re: Argument from authority [was: When i   
   01 Dec 08 17:49:01   
   
   From: gerryq@indigo.ie   
      
   In article , ddfr@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com says...   
   > In article   
   > <1ir9mxo.1tamt7e1uaxgyaN%green_knight@greenknight.org.uk.invalid>,   
      
   > > is not the same   
   > > as only bearing the children fathered by said good provider, in fact,   
   > > that would be bad strategy for her.   
   >   
   > Why? To the extent that being a good provider is due to heritable   
   > characteristics, she wants those characteristics for her offspring, so   
   > why should she bear children by other and worse providers?   
      
   Hedging her bets?   
      
   - Gerry Quinn   
      
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