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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The only meaning of any life is to have your DNA last as long as possible.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

from a biological perspective, yes

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

That's what our impulses tell us to do, but you're not obligated to listen to every impulse. The complexity of life as we experience it affords us the luxury of choice.