Re: virus: The good guys

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:40:48 -0600


At 04:38 AM 7/27/98 -0600, Nathaniel Hall wrote:
> A valid point, but if life has any purpose at all it is to live.

If life (assuming you mean biological life in general) has any purpose
at all, it is to reproduce. Life is mortal because there is no selection
pressure to prolong survival much past the age of fertility.

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