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I suppose it’s a question of perspective. The best sperm will likely result in the next generation of sperm also being good. We look at the human as the organ
by madaxe_again 1y ago
I suppose it’s a question of perspective.
The best sperm will likely result in the next generation of sperm also being good.
We look at the human as the organism, the sperm as the gamete - but perhaps our logic is anthropocentric - perhaps the sperm is the organism, and we are just the ridiculously elaborate reproductive mechanism.
- czzr 1y agoWe are (for genes, though, not sperm)
- robocat 1y ago> we are just the ridiculously elaborate reproductive mechanism That is the point behind Dawkins' The Selfish Gene. The book well argues that genes are what reproduce, and that everything else is just complications to reproduce genes. Humbling book - not light reading but I love it and I read it again and again because of the unobvious insights into systems.
- gus_massa 1y agoThe current best guess is that animals evolved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choanoflagellate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choanoflagellate They look quite similar to sperm. I remember something like they may have sexual reproduction and even form blastulas, but the Wiki article is not very clear, so I may be misremembering.