I feel like reducing life to reproduction is just ignoring the fact that it's alive. The reason I think the universe is more than mechanical is because it's alive. Or parts of it anyway. Lol

I think there's a distinction to be made between the method life uses to perpetuates itself and its purpose in perpetuating itself.

You can reduce life to the basic function of reproducing but that doesn't mean the purpose of life is to reproduce. I'm making a distinction between the process of a function and the purpose of a function. Reproducing is a process of life but the purpose of life is simply to be alive.

I've been talking about philosophy from the start. I'm not sure you can talk about purpose in the sense I'm talking about without philosophy.

I think the universe is more than just a mechanical device. If the purpose of life was simply to reproduce then we might as well have just stayed single celled organisms. But then we wouldn't be growing or evolving.

Why should it be any different for them than it is for us?

I disagree.

None of us are permanent and neither is the human race. So by your logic aren't we all dead ends in the end?

Ultimately I think it just comes down to helping people. You know feed clothe and offer shelter to the people around you if you can.

I'm a little self conscious about talking about my own thoughts honestly. Lol but I think the happiest people live for others. But not to the point of being stepped on and taken advantage of. There's a lot of nuance to consider.

My purpose is to explore purpose

I disagree. If the only reason for existing was reproducing then I would have killed myself a long time ago.

Edot: do you think the purpose of walking is to produce steps? Lol