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Is there such a thing as true altruism?

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22-02-2015, 05:28 PM

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What about the insect world? Both bees and ants often sacrifice their life for the colony and surely life is the ultimate sacrifice. We could of cause argue that its just a genetic reflex but its probably as close as I can get to “true altruism”.

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