21st March 2006, 6:43 PM
Yes, I'm familiar with the reasons. They went hand in hand with the info that they do it.
However, I will note that the main function of anything that is alive is to continue to live. Reproduction means one's genes are more likely to keep existing, including the genes to reproduce, so that's what happens. Things that don't reproduce are more likely to not exist any more after a while, so they don't exist, and those genes aren't passed on. Basic evolution.
However, I will note that the main function of anything that is alive is to continue to live. Reproduction means one's genes are more likely to keep existing, including the genes to reproduce, so that's what happens. Things that don't reproduce are more likely to not exist any more after a while, so they don't exist, and those genes aren't passed on. Basic evolution.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)