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Val comments on Open Thread May 30 - June 5, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Val 30 May 2016 03:19:59PM 1 point [-]

Imagine that you are literally the first organism who by random mutation achieved a gene for "helping those who help you"

Not all information is encoded genetically. Many kinds of information have to be learned from the parents or from society.