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by layer8 263 days ago
You are basically saying that the purpose of all life forms is to create further life forms, whose purpose then is again the same. In other words, the purpose is eating its own tail. In my mind, this circularity disqualifies it from being a meaningful purpose.
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Read any biology textbook. The purpose of every life form is to reproduce and create more life. This is the purpose of all evolution and all life.
That's not a "purpose", though. It's a precondition and a post-fact explanation for why life exists. There's nobody to say that any individual is supposed to continue the cycle.