True, and this is why ants and cockroaches are more “evolved“ than humans. (although is it the being or the gene?) But humans can conceive bigger goals: we cou

True, and this is why ants and cockroaches are more “evolved“ than humans. (although is it the being or the gene?) But humans can conceive bigger goals: we could genetically engineer new beings, and replace natural gestation with something else. These are untenable ideas but in 100 yrs ethics might change and the temptation to change how we and things evolve would be there.