Evolution of Intelligence (Origins)

by David Turell , Friday, March 29, 2013, 14:28 (4043 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained


> Tony: You see competition between species, I see a self-righting system that maintains not only homeostasis, but also encourages personal growth. Not only do the living organisms play a part in this, but also the inorganic, as any changes in the inorganic composition or structure of the Universe at any scale would obliterate life. It is not random competition, but a carefully orchestrated balancing act infinitely more difficult than anything mankind has ever achieved. Orchestrated, concerted effort implies singular purpose.-Teleology fills the universe. Beautifully stated by this paragraph above 
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> Tony: If ANY element, from the first to the last, energy to life and everything in between, were to not act in harmony with this higher order it would cause wide spread devastation and the ultimate collapse of the system. Look how much devastation humanity causes in the ecosystem, and how far-reaching the consequences of our actions are. Consider the lowly bumble, without which all life on planet earth would likely die. We are not even a drop in the cosmic bucket, yet our actions have dramatic impact. How much more so if a single element, say hydrogen or zinc, were not in complete harmony with the system. Nothing, and I do mean absolutely nothing would function right. -We live in a designer universe with 120 exactly positioned parameters, with some requiring 10^120 decimal places! Another brilliant statement.-> 
> Tony: Yes, there is a unified purpose. It is written there for anyone to see as plainly as the words on this page. The problem is not in the clarity of the message, it is in the implications of the message. If purpose exists in all of creation, it implies a creator. If a creator exists, it implies that he might get sick and tired of our crap and do something about it, and that scares the hell out of people.-Here I disagree. Obvious purpose, yes, but the God of the OT is not thatvindictive. The Talmud softens the message. I've commented before about the reward and punishment side of religious thought. To me this is the only weak portion of your brilliant thinking presented here. I should have had you as the co-author of my book!