evolution and the attribution of purpose and direction

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this is just an example of what I have seen at many many places in conversation and in literature, in one of his books Krishnamurthy says “from an evolutionary perspective, the number one job of the organism is to survive, reproduce, and assure survival of species.”

I believe this is a wrong attitude, it is a very pervasive attitude that in tears our analysis of other aspects of life. My recommended reformulation? “The organism that survives is usually the one that protects itself, reproduces and assurers survival of species.”