Need must be. If I need something to survive, it happens, but when does desire become need?
2006-09-19 23:19:22 · 6 answers · asked by thrag 4 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Yes I think that it is. If there was no desire then there would be no desire to reproduce...good question!
2006-09-20 12:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by tigerlily_catmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think desire is an evolutionary tool... instincts are. There are a lot of things we desire that can be destructive like drugs, cigarettes or alcohol. Also, we may mindlessly desire something so much that we would go to great depths to get it that it may lead to self-destruction.
When we are in the brink of dying, desires may suddenly change. What we thought we liked our whole lives may not be what we truly and deeply like because there are a lot of factors that can affect our wants.
What we want may not always be what we need.
2006-09-20 07:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Lea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the only possible evolution is through our desires .. but that's just my opinion
2006-09-20 06:25:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are the biological needs. everything else is desire.
2006-09-20 06:22:45 · answer #4 · answered by mar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you let go and let God
2006-09-23 14:41:34 · answer #5 · answered by tanya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"As a man thinketh, so is he"
2006-09-20 15:45:00 · answer #6 · answered by swomedicineman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋