How do you rationalize all organisms desire to live?
So what if the organism evolve and reproduce, why seek the continuity of their species?
Posted Jan 27, 2013, 2:18 AM UTC
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Who cares about the damn species, I just want my legacy to carry on. It carries on in my offspring.
That's why.
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Magic.
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No. I don't believe that single celled organisms do. They may behave in a way that appears to be so but without sentience they can not desire. They behave in a way that allows them to continue living and reproduce because they know no other way.
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Why do animals seek hydration? Why do they keep breathing? They are hardwired to make the continuation of their lives and their species a priority.
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Organisms that don't seek to continue their life and reproduce are selected against. Reproduction is a self-selecting evolutionary trait.
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We're alive. Does there have to be any rationalization besides that?