False Desires, Transcendentalism, Antss
When a person takes crystal meth, they oftentimes become psychotic while under the influence of it. This may lead to homocide, suicide, harm of others, property damage, and so on. These desires are not real. They are generated by artificially dumping chemicals into the body.
A female's desire to have a baby is usually the same thing. It is an impulse. A biological relic of natural selection.
Natural selection is so brutal because it is the only way things could have been. When life was first created, anything that had a survival advantage would be selected for in the long run, over a span of millions of years.
We should question our desire to pass on our genes. Our genes define us, but for millions of years, they have also controlled us. In many people, they still do. Using logic, we have a chance to partially transcend our most instinctual and primitive desires. We can lock them away. We can question, challenge, and overcome them.
A female's desire to have a baby is usually the same thing. It is an impulse. A biological relic of natural selection.
Natural selection is so brutal because it is the only way things could have been. When life was first created, anything that had a survival advantage would be selected for in the long run, over a span of millions of years.
We should question our desire to pass on our genes. Our genes define us, but for millions of years, they have also controlled us. In many people, they still do. Using logic, we have a chance to partially transcend our most instinctual and primitive desires. We can lock them away. We can question, challenge, and overcome them.
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