(March 30, 2014 at 4:55 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: I was serious about special snowflake syndrome. I don't think our particular form of consciousness is all that highly adapted or suited to survival.
If anything, we seem to be really good at wasting time, wondering why we're here, thinking about the hardships of life, making up stories to make ourselves feel better, and offing ourselves when we feel down.
...What? We didn't come to, in a vey real way, come to dominate the world for nothing. Our evolution developed in us a very useful cognitive array and analytic capabilities. Granted, we waste time (whatever that really means
) which at times gives members of our species the time to think beyond the here and now to learn and prepare for what we foresee may be coming.Not that I'm so high on humans or anything (we do some fucked up stuff), but I'm just saying. We may be approaching a time where, barring any self-destruction, we more or less eliminate the possibility of our own extinction.
