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The same could be said of the Universe. Stephen Hawking says, "No."
Why do we get old and die?
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I share the same thoughts. We touched on this in the religious thread but I never got a resolution out of it. Why does evolution have any will or goals at all? How can a natural process strive toward anything? Even "continuous improvement of life?"
I don't think anyone claims it does, unless there are religious 'explanations' attached to it. Evolution is an inevitable result of interacting natural forces, as certain as gravity. Does anyone claim gravity strives towards a goal? I don't.
Here's my half serious opinion: gravity strives towards a black hole...
Sure it does.
It's goal is to collect everything into one place. The opposite of entropy that intends to spread everything impossibly thin over as wide an area as possible.
Yet, the universe continues to expand at either a constant or slightly accelerated rate.
Kinda puts a hole in your theory.
He said strives, he didn’t say it does.
Kind of like you striving for a goal, not all are successfully achieved.
In that case, gravity is a slacker. It's not striving hard enough.
True for all of us. I try but I just can’t manage to stay on your ignore list.
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The primary purpose of any living organism, is self replication of its gene model.
In order to self replicate, it has to survive against the competition.
Any changes in the gene model, caused by radiation or other DNA damaging effects, that gives the organism an advantage over the competition, will be passed onto the replicate, we call it evolution.
It is interesting to hear that the latest space research shows that not only elements are produced by exploding stars but also complex organic compounds.
I believe that life, in one form or another is abundant throughout the Universe and our Earth was seeded from outer Space.
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The primary purpose of any living organism, is self replication of its gene model.
In order to self replicate, it has to survive against the competition.
Any changes in the gene model, caused by radiation or other DNA damaging effects, that gives the organism an advantage over the competition, will be passed onto the replicate, we call it evolution.
It is interesting to hear that the latest space research shows that not only elements are produced by exploding stars but also complex organic compounds.
I believe that life, in one form or another is abundant throughout the Universe and our Earth was seeded from outer Space.
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You never were. Your offenses would have to be egregious and immoral -- I haven't seen that out of you yet.I try but I just can’t manage to stay on your ignore list.
Try harder, slacker.
Ahhh...but what seeded that life? Or, is it "turtles all the way down"?
That word again... purpose... this place is never boring...
Disagree. Then the primary form of reproduction would be asexual.
This is, of course, the primary goal of hard core feminists -- but they are a distinct minority.
I specifically dispute that theory. I’ve known some feminists that REALLY know what they want. And mixing genetic material was very high on their list of wants and needs.
I am simply afraid to ask for elaboration.
I'm a skeptic. I believe nothing at face value. There are enough holes in evolutionary theory to cast at least some doubt on the "big picture".
Apparently one has to have that high of IQ to get the many things (philosophical, cultural and other) that comment alludes to and not take it to be a stupid person's comment made from ignorance of reality.
Some are contesting the survival of the fittest theory and going with the survival of the luckiest concept which gives a far better explanation for how the multitude of less than adequately functional lifeforms we have now came to exist.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sur...2.69i57j0l3.8523j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
