Genes live for ever, why shouldn't I
That's a questions I have been thinking on. All the living
thing in existence have genes that are as old as when life came to being on
earth. Yea, i may look like a 20 year young adult but man, my genes are really
old, really old. How is that possible....
The X and Y chromosomes in our bodies are from our parents,
the X and Y in them were from their parents and so on and so on. The genes may
be mutating year after year, offspring after offspring but they are still the
initial X and Y from our ancestors who lived thousand of years ago...the point
is the genes never die till the species is extinct.
Richard Dawkins describes the carriers of the genes, all
living things 'vehicles'. We have channeled the genes over thousands of years
carrying them and passing them of to our offspring.
Partly i think i have to come to an understanding of why
some men want to live forever. My genes want to live for ever why should i? This
might be why some men are trying all possible ways to extent their lives. Some
are even getting preserved in liquid nitrogen tanks under nuclear bunks so that
should mam ever find a way to live forever they will be revived and get the chance.
Personally i believe the day we learn how to live forever that
is the day we shall have no need to reproduces as the core purpose of life that
nature gave us ; let the genes live forever will be achieved. There will be no
need for sexual organs, there will be no need for different genders there will
be only being in the highest form of evolution..
Please comment your view. And enjoy reading!
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