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Originally posted by creaturecat
I'll bite as well,please elaborate!
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For me, the basis for the theory of evolution is that everything, and I mean everything, in our world is hierarchical. And all you need to do is go a few levels down to the most basic description of our existence to see that from quantum mechanics to astro-physics, all we are talking about are building blocks, with higher levels of complexity yielding more elegant returns on our investment experience.
Since our physical world, the very basis for our existence is based on hierarchies, it only makes sense that “life” follows suit. I disagree with Len that life is too complex for it to have just happened. When you combine the laws of quantum mechanics with time with surface area, evolution really makes sense. We exist principally by the interaction of multiple non-specific chemical bonds, which is just beautiful since on just one or two more levels up in complexity, we are really all about very specific cell receptors and their unique enzyme keys. I love the idea of order out of chaos, built on the laws of physics. That’s what evolution is, the natural manipulation of so many random physical events governed my immutable laws over so much time over so much area, that something “naturally” takes shape, and is stable enough to be built upon.
Also, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the amount of time we are talking about to create something like a human being starting with random molecules is as inconceivable as the idea of God itself. One is certainly more comforting than the other however.
Anyway, given all of this, it only makes sense that there is something beyond our experience. Quantum Mechanics and String Theory tell us about multiple dimensions, particles, energy states, etc., so it only makes sense that anything built upon those laws transcends our own experience, in the same way as the idea of God or the time it takes to create a human does.
Where is gets interesting is to connect our experience with the theory of god. Something I’ve noodled for awhile are the very abstract concepts of conscience (innate knowledge of right and wrong) and the soul. These for me are the greatest proof that there is a connection between god and man, metaphysical at best, but it’s there, and I think it’s more an energy state within a dimension we cannot recognize, but still do experience, than anything else. My vote is it’s somehow wrapped up in the dimension of time.