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Old 03-20-2008, 06:37 PM   #77
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I may be way off here, but isn't that precisely what natural selection is: a theory of purpose? Put simply, evolution occurs for the purpose of survival. Species arise, adapt, evolve, and disappear based on the ability of each to survive. Isn't this the very basic purpose of life?
I don't see it so much as the purpose of life as it is the method by which life sustains itself. You wouldn't be here if your parents didn't survive, but that doesn't mean you have some sort of mission to pass on your genes as a result.
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