How do you explain pro extinction and pro death intuitions from a biological perspective?

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I mean, why do people develop pro extinction and pro death intuitions? Since this is the opposite of survival and perpetuation of life.

Why do some people end up with these intuitions? Surely, they are not just “misguided” influences?

Are there any genetic, evolutionary, mutative, or naturally selective reasons for these behaviors?

Behavioral traits that are bad for gene propagation/survival can emerge within a species, right? But why?

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