I've always thought of it the other way around.

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alcaray — 4/1/2008 5:29:23 PM (archived)

Reproduction is invented by a random event. Things that do not reproduce do not carry anything forward, are destroyed, and are forgotten. Things that do reproduce are tempered by what works and what does not (evolution).

Later, smart-ass monkeys decide to call the reproducing results "life".

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The Two Gigayear Delay - phil - 3/27/2008 4:10:03 PM
- Question: What makes things want to reproduce? - DALeffler - 3/30/2008 3:59:06 AM
  - Immortality vs Survival - nick hoffman - 3/31/2008 8:46:06 AM
    - re: Immortality vs Survival - DALeffler - 4/1/2008 3:03:13 AM
      - Growth, survival - nick hoffman - 4/1/2008 10:15:00 PM
      - I've always thought of it the other way around. - alcaray - 4/1/2008 5:29:23 PM
  - re: Question: What makes things want to reproduce? - gbaikie - 3/30/2008 9:52:05 PM
- re: The Two Gigayear Delay - Johannes - 3/27/2008 10:36:56 PM
  - re: The Two Gigayear Delay - gbaikie - 3/28/2008 3:17:25 AM
    - The Global Brain - Adam - 3/30/2008 2:45:56 AM
- re: The Two Gigayear Delay - Vince - 3/27/2008 6:01:54 PM
  - Please support SETI efforts - Socrates II - 3/28/2008 5:26:37 PM
    - re: Please support SETI efforts - Marcia - 3/29/2008 12:33:33 AM

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