One need only look at other NGIs (natural general intelligences) to see that this is obviously not true. Plenty of animals kill themselves to beget offspring (for two short examples, all sorts of male insects and arachnids are eaten while mating; octopuses and various other cephalopods die after caring for their young), or just to protect others in their group (bees and ants are some of the most common in this area, but many mammals are also willing to fight for their group). Humans throughout history have sacrificed themselves knowingly to help others or even for various other goals.
> Plenty of animals kill themselves to beget offspring (for two short examples, all sorts of male insects and arachnids are eaten while mating; octopuses and various other cephalopods die after caring for their young), or just to protect others in their group (bees and ants are some of the most common in this area, but many mammals are also willing to fight for their group).
How do you believe such behaviors arise? They're the same thing, result of the same optimization process - natural selection - just applied at the higher level. There is nothing in nature that says evolution has to act on individuals. Evolution does not recognize such boundaries.
