| Does this question merit an answer? I think so. Life wasn't 'designed' it just happened. Heres a nice little way to think about it. The animal is a robot that has a brain, eyes, hands, and so on, but it also carries around its own blueprint, its own instructions. This is important, because if the animal gets eaten, if it dies, then the blueprint dies as well. The only genes that get through the generations are the ones that have managed to make their robots avoid getting eaten and succeed in living long enough to reproduce. These then evolve over time to become better 'protectors' for the genes. And thats the 'selfish' gene theory.
A man has two reasons for doing anything --- a good reason and the real reason.
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |