There was no first human. Which explains a lot.

Today I watched a video called "There was no first human." I found it here. It makes a lot of sense. Also a lot of nonsense.

 

By "nonsense," I don't mean that this explanation of evolution isn't true. Because it is.

The thought experiment described in the video came from Richard Dawkins, someone who knows what he is talking about when it comes to the origins of life on Earth. Here he describes the thought experiment in words.

The nonsense reference flows out of the difficulty I have understanding how there can be completely different species along an evolutionary branch of the tree of life, but at no time was there one individual who was this species followed by a relative who was an individual of another species.

Yet here we are today, Homo sapiens, a specific species.

It seems clear to me that the problem lies in how the human brain works -- mine, yours, everybody's -- rather than in how reality is.

We're prone to making firm distinctions. 

Hot/cold. Man/woman. Atheist/believer. Liberal/conservative. Dead/alive. Conscious/unconscious. And so on.

Dawkin's thought experiment challenges this way of thinking. He says that every single creature you are related to in a 185 million generation ancestry was the same species as its parent. Yet way back you were related to a fish, and now you are a human.

Go figure. (It's tough.) 

Evolution is incredibly slow. Also, gradual. Dawkins says it is like you growing from a baby to a toddler. At no time were you a baby at one moment and a toddler at the next. Yet you became a toddler after being a baby.

Likewise, in his talk Dawkins says you can't see the hour hand of a (traditional) clock moving. But wait an hour, and you'll see that it has moved quite a bit.

There's something really important here about how we understand and misunderstand reality. I just wish I better understood what it is.

Comments

[vinny]

Edgar Cayce an american mystic who gave thousands of accurate readings while in a state of trance on subjects as varied as origin of life , reincarnation , human anatomy , cure of diseases depicts how life evolved from microorganisms. Guru Nanak also mentions origin of life in water, Vedas mention origin of life in water. In today's world simple microbes mutate to give rise to lethal drug resistant microbes in a span of few years.

[777]

There was always Sound
Then evolution tries to find the best way to connect more consciously
That can be done with all chakras seeking the creative left current

Evolution becomes cruel and creates the best environment for compassion

Compassion (VG) connects slightly to the Sweet right ascending sound stream

Next strange things start to happen in life
and the sounds become orgasmic above the eyes
That state can even continue 24/7 which I refrain from explaining
We all can test that
and desiring help makes it largely available by people who have experienced the above

The ultimate is to BE the creator
which is a processes that ever grows a la Fibonnaci

There are never obligations but 'like it' is very helpful

777

[777]

I improved this text somewhat
After all it is the why when and how of the creation

There was always this Sound and ever will be
Then evolution tries to find the best way to connect to That more consciously
That can be done with all chakras seeking the creative left current

Evolution becomes cruel and creates the best environment for compassion

Compassion (VEGGY LIFE) connects slightly to the Sweet right ascending sound stream after inhibiting the firewall from uric acids coming from consumed adrenaline ( fear / transfer of karma's) , which harms chakras (illness) and keeps the Crown Chakra firmly closed

Next strange things start to happen in life
and the sounds become regulary orgasmic above the eyes
That state can even continue 24/7 which I refrain from explaining
We all can test that
as For those desiring this : including assistance, help is largely available by people who have experienced the above before you

The ultimate is to BE the creator, which is not a stable Thing but a Rhythmic wave Phenomenon
which is a process that will never end and will ever grow a la Fibonnaci

Hence the giant importance of vegetarism

There are never obligations but 'like it' is very helpful