[MD] Is it serious?

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Platt,

You said:
> An "urge to survive gene?" Why would such a gene exist? Isn't that the
> question? And why did it "emerge?"

There isn't any interesting answer about why a particular gene exists.
New genes are created through errors in replicating old genes. (I
don't have the scientific background to say anything about why errors
occasionally occur.)

You seem to want a different sort of answer than that. What are your
criteria for a valid answer? Why do you fault science for not finding
an answer in the form you want? Are you sure that the sort of question
you have has a scientific answer? Are you trying to read the
intellectual pattern of intentionality back onto biological genes?

Best,
Steve