JJ;
I summarized my lecture that I gave to the Naturalists over the past
few years and to the Centre for Inquiry in a conversation I had with my
old friend and work colleague Rob Melvin this morning. Here it is. I'm
still working on a lecture I started thinking about in 1972 when we
conceived it with my son Jeff and my brother Doug, both dead now.
Rob; Wow thats great!!!
Its title is Sapiens Evolution; What Are We
The General Theory of Universal Evolution
Rob; That was a very interesting presentation.
JJ; Compiled and derived some great conclusions that I developed into a story, the story of us.
Physical Evolution
We
are Cosmos, quarks, gluons, electrons, photons of ancient antiquity
some dating back to the big bang when the expansion began where Higgs
gave us most of our mass.
We are also pure energy, this from Einstein, by the mass conversion equation E =mC^2.
We are ergo indestinguisable from and identical with most cosmos.
Physical
evolution gives us atoms fom Suns and Supernovas and simple molecules
from chemical reactions and proto-life molecules and Goldilocks
environments where water can exist in 3 states.
Organic Evolution
Life
began on earth in an RNA world and lateral gene transfer dominated this
era. Complexity coulldn't evolve much because RNA isn't very stable.
The evolution of DNA fixed that but RNA stuck around to do transcription
and protein synthesis in ribosomes.
We inherit genes from our ancestors.We
inherit genes laterally from bacteria, viruses, archaea and now it
appears even food. It has been found that genes can cross the gut wall
into our blood.
We are evolved from one common ancestor in the RNA world which preceded our DNA world.
The
same genetic code is used by all living things to create the same amino
acids meaning we are all kin, every living thing with minor variations
proving our relationships.
Rob;Thats the only theory that makes any sense
Ramifications
JJ;.Our quarks and electrons are immortal. Our biological organism is not.
Physical
evolution creates universes and Goldilocks worlds where life has a
chance and time makes the most improbable event certitude.
.
Organic evolution creates life where biodiversity has a chance.
Physical and organic evolution are the creator ergo there is no creator god.
Rob; thats the clincher people don't want to hear. They don't understand evolution! Thats what I loved about it!!!
JJ;
Ignorance is the cause of 90% of the violence on this planet. We are a
violent Ape, sharing 98.6% of our genes with Chimps and Bonobos and when
we drink alcohol or take drugs we become a reptile and act like one but
more unpredictable.
R; That also explains our underlying belief
in a greater power. Its because we are all linked together.
Understanding that makes sense why people believe in religion but its
just their belief and direction is flawed.
JJ; Forced ignorance guaranteed by World Governments, religious institutions and fought for by Rebels.
R; Been going on since the beginning
JJ;
People are guaranteed the right to believe anything true or not. But
its handy because it leads to Alpha Worship which we are pre-adapted to
by our inner monkey social baggage and guarantees Dictators have endless
power and obedient followers.
Rob; This old earth will devour
the humans and continue after it is cleansed. Its sad but humans don't
deserve the privilege of life on earth. Pretty sad!!!
JJ; In our
delusional state we are destroying the very thing that gives us life and
gives us hope for long term survival. This knowledge should be
globalized in every elementary school on earth.
Rob; Yeah but
that is never going to happen. If the Earth could choose to destroy only
the idiots we might have a chance. I really think there are a lot of
people that understand this but the dark force is too dam strong! Too
many of them. The world is changing rapidly.
JJ; Neil Shubin has a
Trilogy, Your Inner Fish, Inner Reptile, Inner Monkey. He gets it. I
sent him a copy of my talk. Also to the editor of the Guardian UK and to
Richard Dawkins suggesting they make a movie to share with the world of
this story. I also posted a summary of my talk The General Theory of
Universal Evolution by Jorma Jyrkkanen on livejournal.com. All life is
related and we are the mind of the universe possibly a small subset of
many minds pondering itself. The universe has a mind made by itself from
itself and we are it. Thats an incredible gift and very very lucky if
we use it wisely or if we screw up not.
The Universe is
homogenous enough that there are many worlds where life could evolve but
the chance of life evolving to ponder our quarks and genetic code is
small but the unverse is big enough to make that chance positive. I
predict that there are other intelligent beings out there and thats its a
normal thing for our universe to evolve life almost anywhere Goldilocks
exists.
Rob; Yeah, that pretty well says it all.
JJ; This
knowledge has the potential to fix everything. It would lead to us
treating other life forms as family and to live in harmony with nature
both by our number, deeds and respect.
But also, what a fabulous
basis for a truth and nature based spirituality something like Pantheism
instead of one founded on homocentric arrogance and myth. The best
part? All this can be deduced from answering the simple question "How
does it work?" and using the methods and technology of science.
The bottom line an dmost important of all is this. Evolution, not a human fabricated God, is the creator, a verb, not a noun.
Jorma Jyrkkanen
Ecologist, Naturalist
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