Usenet Newsgroups Re: Addiction Is a Brain Disease - Leshner From: connectutoos@verizon.net (F.H.) Charlie M. 1958 wrote: Gary wrote: Brain relates to the body but does it relate to "I", the ccnscious self? Or is there some immaterial  "I"? Evolution doesn't require the kind of thinking we do and the kind of morality we (some) practice. In fact, evolution tends to be oriented more to the Pictures of Animals">animals than to humans. Survival and continuation of the gene pool. Things like family protection, neighborly love, sharing of food, and many more don't meet the evolutionary criteria which is material in essence. I'm not so sure those things are not evolutionary. Isn't cooperation and love shack">harmony beneficial to the survival of the species as a while? I'd argue that self-preservation, as in dog-eat-dog survival of the fittest, is the most rudimentary stage of evolution. I would think a fully evolved species would recognize that working together for the common good would ultimately be the most beneficial course of action in terms of preserving the species. I think that can be demonstrated in the the behavior of some of the higher-intelligence mammals like apes and dolphins. Kind of humorous in a way, the way humans think things to death.  Most of nature moves seamlessly in a world that combines common good, (socialization) with eat or be eaten. Subject