The Revolt of Promethean Man

Peter Bernholz
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Peter Bernholz: University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Homo Oeconomicus, 2002, vol. 18, 437-450

Abstract: This paper presents some extreme, several people may perhaps even say, outrageous hyotheses. Human beings as muti-cellular organisms have been "created" by their genes as mortal beings to serve their purposes, and in the process of time have evolved a brain allowing them to visualize in their minds possible future realities. As a consequence they are able to influence more and more their own future and that of the human race. This allows them to a certain degree to revolt against their own genes and perhaps one day even to postpone or defeat death.

Date: 2002
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