RE: Why is life programmed to survive?
August 28, 2016 at 11:39 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2016 at 11:50 pm by Whateverist.)
(August 28, 2016 at 11:24 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:(August 28, 2016 at 11:02 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Intelligent design,yes, along with any teleological intention. Evolution is 'pushed from behind' by the triumph of the most advantageously equipped as determined by the reproducing sweepstakes. It isn't 'pulled along' by by the intent of any intelligent designer nor cosmos as a whole.
Surely electromagnetism and gravity exert shaping force on living structure? Would you call that a push or a pull?
A push. All those things are in the mix, providing the backdrop which must be accounted for by the life forms which survive to reproduce. But explain to me in what manner such conditions are intending toward a particular outcome.
(August 28, 2016 at 11:24 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: Is the manifestation of round waves in a round bucket full of water "pushed" or "pulled" by the shape of the bucket?
All are pushes, nothing is being drawn to a particular outcome. There is no meta-intention, just inevitable outcomes given the nature of the materials. (This is just my own spur of the moment metaphor, probably no longer helpful, if it ever was.)
