As far as evolution is concerned dying is as important as living. If human beings were immortal we wouldn’t have survived as a species. Each generation exists to produce the next generation, and once our offspring reach adulthood our parental duty is to get out of the way. It then becomes the children’s obligation to complete this same cycle. It sounds mindless and soulless but that’s nature’s way. Nature isn’t in the entertainment business. It operates on pure rationality. Empathy and emotion do nothing but distract from fulfilling of its purpose.
Throughout our lives a potentially infinite number of challenges confront every human being. Each second is laden with possibilities from the obvious to the very remote. Many of us don’t survive the challenges but because we are all different – all variations of each other – one of us may have whatever is necessary to overcome the obstacle, and from there we move on. That is the “how and why” of evolution.
At present we have eight billion people on this planet and no two are completely alike in every way. This means our species has eight billion chances of finding someone who will survive a new disease, a new toxin, a mega-disaster, a new weapon, or whatever crazy situation or circumstance might arise. If we were all the same our chances would be nil. Nevertheless, many see diversity as a threat. In their minds it’s better we all die at once rather than someone a bit different survives and takes humanity to the next level.
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