On the other hand, given an entire genome to infect, an ERV does not always “select” the identical location each and every time. In fact, such a coincidence is extremely low probability.
The “sensors” do raise the probability of inserting at some locations and diminish the probability of inserting at other locations. Just as atmospheric conditions raise the probability of rain clouds in some locations and diminish the probability of rain clouds in other locations. But the probability of independent insertions at identical locations in two different genomes is still vanishingly tiny.
Peace,
Chris
P.S. I’m pretty sure viruses don’t have intentions, so I would recommend against using the word “intentionally” in your argument. 