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jedusorThe whole point of human existence--the whole point of the existence of any organism--is to reproduce. That's basic biology. It's self-preservation once removed; by having babies, we make sure there's as much of us left in the world when we leave as possible.
I think I'm just as driven to pass myself along as anyone, but not genetically. For me, what's important is the stuff that happened to me after the blueprints were done. I care about what experience has done to my neurons, not the initial tabula rasa configuration. I want to share my knowledge, my thoughts, my gradually changing perception of the world as I find out more about it. Genetics affects all that, certainly, but all it gives us is potential. It's experience that determines, in the long run, who we are.
Maybe that's why I blog. Maybe that's why one of my favorite feelings in the world is the feeling I get when I phrase something a certain way and someone looks at me and goes, "WHOA. Yes. That." Maybe that's why, despite all my certainty that I never want biological children, I've always left the possibility of adoption open. It's because the DNA isn't what's important to me. The ideas are.
Maybe teaching wouldn't be so terrible a career path for me, after all.
I think I'm just as driven to pass myself along as anyone, but not genetically. For me, what's important is the stuff that happened to me after the blueprints were done. I care about what experience has done to my neurons, not the initial tabula rasa configuration. I want to share my knowledge, my thoughts, my gradually changing perception of the world as I find out more about it. Genetics affects all that, certainly, but all it gives us is potential. It's experience that determines, in the long run, who we are.
Maybe that's why I blog. Maybe that's why one of my favorite feelings in the world is the feeling I get when I phrase something a certain way and someone looks at me and goes, "WHOA. Yes. That." Maybe that's why, despite all my certainty that I never want biological children, I've always left the possibility of adoption open. It's because the DNA isn't what's important to me. The ideas are.
Maybe teaching wouldn't be so terrible a career path for me, after all.
