(March 27, 2009 at 12:54 pm)Edward Wrote: We are, afterall, just matter. Right?just matter???...just matter???
We are the result of a 4 billion year long struggle to survive, and before that the result of a multi-billion year process of the formation of the Earth, and the solar system, and the galaxy, and the universe. We are so advanced we have developed a consciousness and our self-awareness is greater than that of all other animals on the planet. We have used this self-awareness to explore the natural world, and we have learned as much as possible about it along the way. We're now on the verge of yet another scientific revolution as new forms of energy get researched, and we know more about where we came from that we have ever done.
No. We are not "just matter". We are human beings.