If Natural Selection Determined Human Value Systems
Is there a universal meaning?
Do you suffer?
Humans have problems. It’s hard to deny.
Despite many pleas for ‘looking on the bright side of life’, we live in a world full of suffering. For whatever reason, I think about these problems, the causes, and potential solutions.
While it is difficult to maintain a positive mental attitude and growth mindset, I strive for a balance. I consider how we might improve humanity while not getting bogged down in depression.
I think existence consists of two main branches. These are the biological or physical, and the spiritual or metaphysical. You probably have different names for these things, but hopefully, you get what I’m saying.
As an ecologist, I see the biological side being defined by growth, maturity, and reproduction. The biological purpose of life is to find group immortality, despite individual mortality. Species seek to persist. Life goes on.
Biological organisms persist through time because DNA facilitates adjustments, acclimations, and adaptation.
One purpose of life is to participate in the cosmic dance of natural selection…
