> We don't measure the worth of a person by their reproductive success.
We don't measure human worth that way, but evolution measures nothing else!
We don't measure human worth that way, but evolution measures nothing else!
Imagining success, failure, and purpose is psychological projection.
So it's not like we're some higher-dimensional ethereal beings, not tied to evolution and our natural fitness, with relation to our successes and failures as a species (and even as individuals).
To reverse the "psychological projection" trope, it's just that we learned throu psychological denial to ignore those aspects most of the time...