Philosophy 101 - The nature of Existence Course Prerequisites: none

Why are we here? What is it the great creator has in store for us? These are age old philosophical questions that have been pondered by brains great and small since the beginnings of time. Philosophically, these answers vary quite a bit from each other. I may believe I am here to help singles find true love, you might believe you are here to write the great American novel, and your friend Denise might believe she is here to save the world from hunger. No easy answers then, right?

At the genetic level though, it becomes much easier. All creatures exist to propagate their species. That's it. Simple no? To do this though, we must survive. So survival becomes a necessary component of propagation. Survival includes a whole host of things like food, shelter, and so on. Propagation includes sex, having babies, and raising them until they can survive on their own.

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So, at the genetic level at least, we are all driven to survive and propagate. It is our true calling, our absolute base reason for living. And if you consider it, propagation and survival are the root causes for most everything we do in life. We go to school, get a job, make money so we can survive long enough to accomplish our genetic purpose of making more humans. We couple, we date, we marry just so we can propagate.

Apparently, philosophers should have spent more time propagating and less time thinking about higher purposes...