Venting Human body - reward or punishment?

[theboy]

We have the ability to regulate our tissues but there are people who are born without this ability: Syndromes, disorders, genetics, etc...
The older you get, the more your body deteriorates. It still amazes me how everyone lives 40, 60, 80 years

 

[EvisceratedJester]

It's neither.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I guess we can't fully know without knowing what it's like to live as a different being. Then, whether it's luck/ bad luck or reward/ punishment depends on your beliefs. Whether we are given life or whether consciousness is simply a consequence of having this kind of brain. Does a jelly fish even realise it's alive? Does it enjoy the experience? Does it look at a whale and envy it? Seems unlikely really. (To me.)

The greater puzzle to me is why our parents thought it was such a great thing to pass on.