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Originally Posted by tedkennedy
its called context ..........
you could change the context and make up whatever you want.
however in terms of evolutionary biology, the only relevant purpose of a organism is to pass on genetic information, all other behaviors can be explained in terms of achieving that single goal.
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Starting to draw conclusions such as passing genetic information being the sole goal of all organisms in existence is taking it a step beyond the terms of evolutionary biology. Biology studies these actions, behaviors, the correlations, consequences, so on and so forth, creating theories and models to represent these phenomenon. Purpose, reason, goals, these are subjective concepts taking part in the human mind that we then associate to these phenomenon. It's like I'm arguing about God with you. The fact that something takes place does not immediately mean that it is important, the "sole goal," "meaningful," or anything else. It just means that it happens.
Also, you can go right ahead and now make an exception for humans and dance around that. That however does not negate the fact that your original statement was directed at all organisms in existence which obviously includes humans. You can also call some foul play on manipulating the context, however there is no other logical way to interpret your statement.
All organisms,
sole goal. Which is wrong. There are also plenty of examples of cooperation within species of organisms and between species.
The brunt of your argument is just unreasonable. That is reducing all organisms down to simply a vehicle to pass genetic information. One can just as easily interpret it another manner and the field of biology doesn't say anything one way or another. The people who study biology are the ones jumping to the conclusions as you have here.