350 words on good and evil in the universe
i have some…
ruminations
on the nature of “good and evil” in the universe
chaos and entropy
and order
in relation to sapience
we can naively assume that the primeval, instinctual nature of man is evil
base desires
wanton lust and hunger
if one assumes this, then naturally the polar opposite would be the thinking, conscious animal that is modern man
ape man = evil, modern man = good
and that all the evil of modern man stems from him giving into his primal instincts
jealously, murder, rage, etc
though i think this is very much a naive way of thinking
it’s not the primal nature of humans that is the wellspring of evil
and it’s not the thinking sense that makes them good
but rather it’s the point where the two conflict that spawns both “good” and “evil”
concepts that i think on a universal scale are either non-existent or irrelevant
is life tailored for consciousness?
that is, is consciousness a guiding principle in the evolution of lifeforms?
of course not
otherwise we’d have multiple sapient lifeforms on earth
i suppose you can assign each life form on some kind of spectra, but that’s besides the point
what i’m trying to say is that as conscious, thinking animals we are in a unique position where we can reflect on our instinctual natures
we have “metacognitive faculties” - we can think about thinking/acting/feeling
and out of this duality the concepts of good and evil are formed
now…what i was saying about these concepts being nonexistent
well, on a grand scale
i believe that the universe is naturally “falling” toward chaos
increased entropy
all that good thermo stuff
but that SAPIENCE is actually an “anti-entropic” force as it were
so hence, we have two opposing forces in the universe
they are not necessarily good and evil
not by a long shot
because entropy in nature
and in the universe
can be defined as nature
that it is the NATURE of the universe to increase in entropy
and the natural state of things cannot be said to be either good or evil