Why is life programmed to survive?

[Jenny A]

Jenny A your answer would be appropiate if there was evidence of life with no will to survive.

There is none. Therefore you answer is wrong too.

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Sorry, life without a will to survive or at least reproduce copiously before death wouldn't last long enough to leave a record.  That really all there is to it.

And will was really too strong a word. Mammals have a will to survive and other orders also appear to have a will to survive.  But do  bacteria have a will to survive?  Mushrooms?  What about trees?  Can you have a will without a mind?  Demonstrate that all living things have a will to survive.  All that can really be said is that all living things passively or actively do that which is likely to enable then to survive long enough to have fertile offspring. 

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