Originally Posted by
Cthulhu
The only thing you've got wrong here is describing DNA and evolution as though they purposely intend for things to evolve into more complex beings, which is why Falcon is trying to pick up metaphysical/supernatural significance from this. I'd say that's a false or inaccurate analogy. DNA doesn't really care whether you get more complex or "higher" up the species latter (of course whether or not a creature is "higher" up is just a human concept). The only fundamental importance in an evolutionary sense is for a living thing to survive long enough to reproduce. Various environmental pressures kill living things and it's the ones who survive who get to pass their genes along. Therefore only the most beneficial attributes get passed on. There are also mutations to factor in. Some are harmful, some are beneficial, and some are completely neutral, but could be of some latent use millions of years later perhaps, but basically mutations play a role in the diversity and change of species.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, that it's wrong to think of DNA "trying" to make our brains into "higher" things. If it somehow became a hindrance to our survival to be stupider, the smart people would die off and less complex brains would be favored down the line. This is unlikely, since complex brains are obviously a survival benefit in almost any case, but just an example that evolution doesn't give a fuck how we turn out. It's only a system of environmental pressures that allow only certain populations to thrive. We are the result of those pressures and those pressures will continue to shape us millions of years from now.
