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Old 05-05-2008, 08:00 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tedkennedy View Post
in the context of evolution the driving force of animal behavior and natural selection is reproduction, and animal behavior is driven by their sole purpose to pass on their genetic information. this is the foundation of genetics and evolution.
Evolution is a very complex and dynamic subject matter. It involves much more than genetics and reproduction. For if the sole purpose of Evolution was just to reproduce, humans would not have gotten or care to have gotten to where we are today. There would be no technology because there would be no need for it in the evolutionary process and there would even be no Science, because there would be no need for it. No advanced societies , no spiritual organizations. etc etc. All of it would've been futile and ignored by the Human Agenda if it was soley about passing on genetics.

You are assuming that the sole purpose of evolution is reproduction. Yes it is something we do, but we also do many other things by default. You allocating all purpose to one aspect of the human experience is subjective and your personal opinion, It is not the absolute truth.
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