Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years

Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by brc on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:32AM (#11920696)

Your whole reason for being, the thing that gets you out of bed and searching for food, is your in-built desire to recreate and nurture life. Intentionally rejecting that is a massive commitment to make, given the very long term consequences of it.

In short, go have some kids, bring them up well and enjoy the benefits. Our biology is tribe-based and ingrained, so it's smart to work with that and be part of a tribe.

We all die alone, but those that die surrounded by love feel less lonely in all the decades up to that final point. That's your Dna rewarding you for a job well done.

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Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by throw12241 on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:51AM (#11920745)

That seems a bit of a stretch... There's no inbuilt point to life, but people try desperately to find one because evolution gave us some kind of drive for meaning, whatever that is. Don't mistake reproduction for some kind of divine purpose, it just is.

Don't mistake anything for purpose. Purpose is a concept central to goal directed planning, but it is a construct of the mind. Since humans give purpose to things, humans cannot be assigned a purpose except as a way to use them for some other means.

You are right though -- finding cuties gets me out of bed, but believe me I'm using birth control.

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