I love this quote because it is so absurd as to be ridiculous.
But not if you look into genetics and biology. Those who study in
those areas will tell you that 1, many ridiculous ideas have turned
out to be true, and 2, this idea isn’t so ridiculous.
The key to us not believing it is rooted in our arrogance of consciousness.
We think because we are conscious we are the deciders (to quote a famous
unpresident). What we don’t easily recognize is the genetic desire of
smaller particles, less developed ‘us’ to want to survive, to want to exist
and to want to propagate.
How does this apply to our daily life? After all, it isn’t something we
have much control over, right? Right, we don’t. But we do have a lot
of control over our consciousness. We can expand it to understand
more of the forces working in and around us. It won’t explain it all,
it won’t tell us all the details. But it will enlarge our awareness of how
humanity, the earth and the universe works.
So, in the end, this is a simple plea to not be afraid of science, to not be
afraid of learning more than you now know. You don’t need to worry
about whether you are smart enough to get a Ph.D. All you have to do
is read an article on something, watch a TV show about something.
Ignorance is not bliss, it is danger.
“A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg.” – Samuel Butler
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