Biological existentialism

Is a cell an organism's way of propagating more organisms or is an organism a cell's way of propagating more cells?

Logically, a cell exists purely to create more of itself and an organism is just the method it utilizes to exploit a particular ecological niche.Cells vs. Organisms You could argue that the organism as a whole has more control over its cells (via processes such as apoptosis) and there isn't such a thing as cellular independance, but that's precisely what cancer is.

That being said, it's likely that emotions, "sentient thought" and other touted concepts like "love (in all forms)" are purely the manifestations or relics of biological necessity. Love serves a function in that it provides psychological stability (and dependancy), plus it increases the chance of you or your gene's continued survival. Some arguments you can make from this standpoint:

All emotions are entirely likely to be the product/result of biological necessity - and possess no innate profound significance.

Purpose beyond procreation and survival is an illusion. The meaning of life is sex.

Is everyone fundamentally a walking bag of meat and hormones?

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I think it does make sense that racial discrimination, if somehow determined at a genetic level, would spread as those who look extremely different to you will share less genes.

It is quite interesting how for a very large group of people, similar by race, under threat from some other race, to be as successful in evolutionary terms would sacrifice lives due to some shared genetics, regardless of all other difference between them. Bit of a craply worded example, but I think you can see what I am saying.

The complexity of evolution interests me. One thing I realised recently is that evolution is so efficient that the best genes for finding the best mate are not only what you find attractive, but also how parents may influence a siblings choice of mate, and I am sure there is more to it. It seems like there is more than first appears to all aspects of evolution.