Re: Genetic Teleology

Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Sun, 29 Dec 1996 18:17:19 -0800


Romana Machado wrote:

> Yes. A gene's goal is to make as many copies of itself as possible - to "be
> fruitful and multipy". That is the extent of its direction. I still think
> I'd agree that everything has a cause, not that everything has a reason.
>
Not quite. Genes do not have goals or motivations. The ones which
reproduce best remain, the others vanish.

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