Could consciousness have evolved as a countermeasure the phenotype could use against the tyranny of the genes?
Or is consciousness just another tool of the genes (intelligence / free will as just a puppet government ultimately controlled by the the genes following the agenda items the genes care about most: survival, reproduction)?
If consciousness allows us to override our genes then maybe we have free will. It would not be true freedom, but rather freedom to choose pleasure, happiness, virture, etc., and freedom to forego reproduction, survival...
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