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This misses the fundamental point: we were designed to reproduce. It's innate to not just our species, not just our kingdom, but to basically every living thi

This misses the fundamental point: we were designed to reproduce. It's innate to not just our species, not just our kingdom, but to basically every living thing. And yes, I would argue in fact that we are merely survival machines for our genes. We homo sapiens fancy ourselves above the fray, but in reality we are every bit as much part of the cycle of life as are bacteria, trees, and fish.

lisper 12y ago
> we were designed to reproduce No, we weren't designed to do anything (because we weren't designed). We reproduce because reproduction is an essential component of the evolutionary process that created us. But: 1) for humans, reproduction of memes is at least as important a component of our evolution as reproduction of genes and 2) even if you consider only reproduction of genes, the reproduction of genes is NOT the same as the reproduction of individuals. You should read "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins.