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i tend to read "life" as the experiential aspect of existing, and pursuing my desires. "failure" and "success" are notions relative to goal achievement, and bi
by abiox 9y ago
i tend to read "life" as the experiential aspect of existing, and pursuing my desires.
"failure" and "success" are notions relative to goal achievement, and biology doesn't have goals - it's a mechanistic process.
- enraged_camel 9y ago>>"failure" and "success" are notions relative to goal achievement, and biology doesn't have goals - it's a mechanistic process. Of course biology has goals. Every living organism's goal is to propagate its genes to the next generation. For details on this, read The Selfish Gene.
- majewsky 9y agoI haven't read The Selfish Gene, but from what I've heard it tells the exact opposite: That every gene's goal is to propagate, for which task it merely employs the living organism.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoTalking about "goals" and "desires" can sometimes be a usefully simplified way to think about biology, but it's not really accurate. A bacterium doesn't "want" to reproduce anymore than a rock "wants" to roll downhill. Only quite complex animals can be truly said to have goals.