I'm not talking about an external purpose. I am talking about the kind of purpose we can make for ourselves. As it is, we're not just mindless experiments of nature anymore, we've developed certain abilities that allow us to plan and change our species' future ourselves-- to a certain extent, that is. Now then, keeping this in mind, and the fact that we're very likely to continue to make progress on that front, we can either be content with the way nature works in our case or we can intentionally change that for our own best interest as a species. I believe repudiating the dogmatic thinking that revolves around certain topics, such as death itself, is one step in the right direction. And the concept of reproduction is tightly connected with that. I'm not saying humans should stop reproducing any time soon, but to refuse to even talk of a scenario where we could afford to do so and still preserve our species as a whole is close minded to say the least.
Nor do I think it is laudable that some of you seem to border on straw manning me as if I were some sort of religious nut job expounding on his unintelligible pseudo-scientific gibberish at will. I am nothing of the sort, nor do I claim expert knowledge on evolutionary biology or bioethics for that matter. Not that I believe my own thoughts on the topic warrant credentials of that sort - they obviously don't.
Nor do I think it is laudable that some of you seem to border on straw manning me as if I were some sort of religious nut job expounding on his unintelligible pseudo-scientific gibberish at will. I am nothing of the sort, nor do I claim expert knowledge on evolutionary biology or bioethics for that matter. Not that I believe my own thoughts on the topic warrant credentials of that sort - they obviously don't.
