.劉人豪、周琳晨-一點一滴的責任
( Responsibility: Bit by Bit)

任何生命的誕生，即開始邁向死亡。然而，在死亡之前，有什麼責任與義務呢？人或許只能靠著教育、夢想或者他人的經驗，去尋找生命的意義，那昆蟲呢？經過數千萬年的演化，用什麼方法去做什麼事已記錄在牠們的基因中，稱為「行為遺傳」，就像已寫入各種知識的小型機器人；而牠們最終責任，也是世界上所有生物的責任，便是繁衍下一代。到底是什麼機緣巧合，讓雄蟲完成交配責任後還演化出「護衛產卵」的「售後服務」呢？牠們自己知道。

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Whenever life is brought into this world, it is already heading towards death. Yet, what responsibility and obligation should one fulfill before death? Humans can probably only rely on education, hopes and experiences of others to seek the meaning of life. How about insects? After millions of years of evolution, their whole rule of life is already programmed into their genetics. This is called behavioral genetics. It is just like mini robots with a range of knowledge programmed into them; and their ultimate task is also the same as everyone else: reproduction. So what makes the males want to provide “after service” in protecting the eggs after they mate? Only they will know.

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