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Egocentric

Egocentric

Marked by extreme concentration of attention upon oneself, i.e., self-centreed.

Compare: allocentric.

Synonym: egotropic.

Origin: ego _ g. Kentron, centre


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A Monkey's Uncle

... think we are related to any of the creatures that we parade in progression in our timeline of life on earth. It is not us who evolve, that is the egocentric part. It is DNA that is favoured by evolution. The only life that persists on this planet is DNA. We and every other organism are simply ...

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by narrowstaircase
Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: A Monkey's Uncle
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A Monkey's Uncle

... in any way whatsoever. No, this is not an argument against Darwinian theory. I just think we have it wrong. I think we are being just a little too egocentric in our explanation and application of the theory. In fact, I don’t think we are related to any of the creatures that we parade in progression ...

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by JDavidE
Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:39 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: A Monkey's Uncle
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vertebrates!!!

... No, I did not test you, I really completely forgot about invertebrates that possess haemoglobin. I think only human has that, ohohohoh sounds egocentric huh? :D Well, I am too long off from animals and stuck into human stuff awawawaaaaa I missed my Zoology class :cry: :)

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by Dr.Stein
Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:39 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: vertebrates!!!
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Views: 2626


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