Hi there,
So it occurred to me that I was making my argument against Evolution to complex, looking for the inner workings that just weren't there. I now realize the problem is very simple: you are suggesting that with a change in selection pressures, monkeys could give rise to different humans - humans that are like monkeys, but that are nothing like us.
The argument neglects one thing, that humans might develop into super human beings, before monkeys evolve into different human beings - there would be a conflict between super humans and different humans?
The whole thing hinges on whether you are satisfied with what you are already. For example, if selection pressures favoured being human but not super human, but monkeys still became different human beings, those different human beings might develop into super different human beings.
EDIT: You could also ask "would different selection pressures, mean different monkeys and then different humans?" - it all depends on what you mean by selection pressure, right?
You are basically required to be paranoid, about how quickly other species might develop something better than human - because you can't let go of the idea that humans are already developed. If you didn't need to gratify your ego, you would realize that the only humans that are going to outdo the rest, are the ones that are already here!
So it occurred to me that I was making my argument against Evolution to complex, looking for the inner workings that just weren't there. I now realize the problem is very simple: you are suggesting that with a change in selection pressures, monkeys could give rise to different humans - humans that are like monkeys, but that are nothing like us.
The argument neglects one thing, that humans might develop into super human beings, before monkeys evolve into different human beings - there would be a conflict between super humans and different humans?
The whole thing hinges on whether you are satisfied with what you are already. For example, if selection pressures favoured being human but not super human, but monkeys still became different human beings, those different human beings might develop into super different human beings.
EDIT: You could also ask "would different selection pressures, mean different monkeys and then different humans?" - it all depends on what you mean by selection pressure, right?
You are basically required to be paranoid, about how quickly other species might develop something better than human - because you can't let go of the idea that humans are already developed. If you didn't need to gratify your ego, you would realize that the only humans that are going to outdo the rest, are the ones that are already here!
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