Why do living things reproduce?

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Random as frack question. But im curious to your opinions.

Why does any living thing reproduce? Why does a plant have a seed? I mean why would they want them? There not concious beings, why would they want to reproduce their species if they didnt actually care about their species, but then thats ridiculous because a plant cant care.

Damn thats really confusing but I think youll get the jist of it.
 
Because the ones that didn't reproduce didn't survive. They need to reproduce before they die, which every living thing does.
 
You're asking if we know the meaning of life...


No, I do not. :(


Also I'm not sure what consciousness has to do with it, we're exactly the same, why should we want to reproduce?



p.s me227, PLEASE clean your sig. That dark pixel drives me a little bit further into my insanity each time I see it. :'(
 
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Thanks for posting this because I hadn't realized until now what a difficult question it is. There is no apparent reason why anything has to reproduce(!).

Modern science would probably go with the "Selfish Gene" theory that it's our genes that (almost anthropomorphically) want to pass on their geneitic data, but again there is no possible explaination for why they would want to do that (because they have no will of their own).
 
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Simples, the beings with the genes that gives them the drive and equipment to reproduce, repoduced, passing on the genes. The ones without these genes didn,t and just died.

I guess these genes come from freak mutations, which happen to me useful and so are passed on.
 
every collection of dna that lacks a mechanisum to reproduce, or is smart enough to make a choice that overwrides its genetic program and decides not to reproduce ceases to exist so its genetic code dies... every living thing is the result of billions if not trillion of generations and every time an offpring decides (or cannot) reproduce its dna is lost,

life is programmed to reproduce and has been since the first ?amino acides? became self replicating ?a billion years ago?

worker ants / bees are still related to the queen so preserve their DNA by looking after the queen / hive / young
 
dmpoole said:
Because they want to get their end away.
No animal is bothered about babies, it's all about the orgasm.
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The 'Selfish Gene' group of thought would say that orgasm is the means rather than the end, that it's pleasurable to ensure that procreation takes place.

Overall I think that the 'Selfish Gene' theory is the most plausible.
 
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