To: MyTwoCopperCoins
When you analyze deep enough, establishing a genetic legacy is the paramount motivation for all living forms,
False. If you were given the option of 1) A guarantee of a long, healthy life without genetic offspring (you would be free to adopt) or 2) A guarantee of procreation today with a second guarantee that the child would live a long life, but you will die tomorrow, which do you choose? Unless you can make the argument that only the disordered would choose a long life, then I'm afraid you're wrong.
To: BMiles2112
False. If you were given the option of 1) A guarantee of a long, healthy life without genetic offspring (you would be free to adopt) or 2) A guarantee of procreation today with a second guarantee that the child would live a long life, but you will die tomorrow, which do you choose? Unless you can make the argument that only the disordered would choose a long life, then I'm afraid you're wrong. In the dynamic, living, active, natural system, option 2 has been tested to be far more favorable compared to option 1, if available. There are forms of hydra / algae that can technically live forever. Yet, they are not the dominant mode of life on earth. Death necessitates reproduction, to pay for evolution.
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