Peter Duniho wrote:

"Ken" wrote in message
...
Most parents would mourn the death of their young child. By your
logic, such mourning would be "irrational"

It IS irrational. Mourning is an entirely emotional, non-rational (that
is, irrational) process.

I suspect not. I suspect it has strong evolutionary origins:

mourning..feeling badly about a dead offspring - tells parents that keeping
offspring alive is a Good Thing (tm).

I suspect it's entirely rational.



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