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You could make a broader claim that a “purpose” is just filling a niche in an ecological system. In this case, that niche could be enforced by advantages given
by baerrie 3y ago
You could make a broader
claim that a “purpose” is just filling a niche in an ecological system. In this case, that niche could be enforced by advantages given to an overall ecosystem by virus/transposon gene transference. But I guess it is more of a philosophical question, can a purpose exist without an intelligence validating it? If so, you could argue everything has a purpose, if not then perhaps nothing does
- vibrio 3y agoThis is reasonable. A purpose sounds like a predetermined goal, which isnt how I think about viruses. They could have an effect that leads to a benefit, npbut that to me seems different than purpose. Again maybe me being pedantic, but I’ve studied on viruses and bacteria for a good amount of time so I that may lead me to think differently. I’m not intending to be judgmental.