(July 29, 2021 at 2:31 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(July 29, 2021 at 2:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The impala doesn’t want or not want anything. Its behaviour is the end result of thousands and thousands of generations of evolution. An impala can’t help running from a cheetah any more than a cheetah can help chasing an impala. Choice and desire don’t enter into these things.
Boru
Avoiding death is pretty much the same goal of all life.
Not true. Even if it were, it isn’t a goal in the sense that you’re using the word - it’s more like a pre-programmed impetus. The impala isn’t running away because it’s trying to avoid death. It’s running away because it can’t stop itself from running away.
Boru
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