Eli5 why can’t organisms regenerate tissue indefinetly, why do we die of old age
In: Biology
Maybe there is a deeper topic here. Our body’s primary goal is to reproduce. We see in many life forms that, after reproduction, there’s no more push to keep living. After our physical peak for fertility, our body starts to decay. There is no reason for our bodies to have the ability to naturally live forever, going by the former logic. From there it delves into asking why forms of life’s only goal is to reproduce in the first place. If we could live forever, there would be no focus on reproducing for the purpose of continuing life. So what would the goal life evolutionary pushes for be? Why is life’s goal in the first place to continue? Why does life really even exist? What’s the end game?
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