Sure; if you’re too simple minded to do anything except follow the animalistic urge to fuck and shit out another unwilling life into this already overpopulated world. Logically, there is no reason to have kids right now. Those who believe it’s the only thing that matters in life are basically biological puppets, unable or unwilling to recognize they are being driven by base level instincts. Basically one step removed from monkeys fucking in trees and throwing poop at each other.
Darkness343@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All of those examples are just secondary achievements. The true purpose of us humans is to live and make life.
Everything else is just a bonus
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Darkness343@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Logic is for vulcans. We are humans
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Even if you distilled the purpose of living things down to their most basic mathmatical objective, you would still be wrong. At it’s very core the so called raison d’être of living things is to assist in the long term survival of their species. Even for something like a virus which doesn’t even really meat all the basic criteria to be called “living”, overwhelming and killing the host before the virus has a chance to spread is in every way a failure.
Even better is that this argument, the “most fundamental purpose”, when applied to humanity actually means that the “aberrations” that fundamentalists hate most are actually an integral part of the system. LGBTQ+ and the neurodiverse (ADHD, autism, ect) all benefit the growth of the species. Having members that contribute to the strength of the species, who can fight, gather, and assist with the offspring of others without creating their own competitive offspring is a massive advantage when resources are limited. The fact that those same noncompetitive (offspring wise) members can breed if something disastrous happens to the rest of the breeding stock is such a brilliant design that it makes a lot more sense to use that as an argument for “intelligent design” rather than the other shit that is usually dragged out. As for the neurodivergent, having members that think differently and are driven to try things that would be considered outside of normal range is really the only option for growth once the “normal” resources reach capacity.
So, if your argument at this point is that humanity should have all transitioned to be LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent, then maybe you aren’t doing it completely wrong, but I am still not sure that is really the answer either.
Darkness343@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why use raison d’être when you could say reason of being or something in English?
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Imagine thinking that all the secondary stuff does nothing to improve or encourage life. But I guess expecting imagination or thinking from some people is too much to ask.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
What dictates “true purpose” here? What need does making more life fulfill?
Your argument is either based on religious indoctrination, or a poor understanding of biology and evolution.
Darkness343@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My argument is based on whatever chatgpt spits out
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I guess I’ll mark that down as religious indoctrination.
Darkness343@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Blessed be the machine god