(2018-05-18, 07:16 AM)Brian Wrote: Playing devil's advocate here... As far as I am aware, evolution is a purposeless process and any survival value is just a bonus, so there is no point in looking for a purpose. Instincts, although being complex, are built on a simple sliding scale: we run from death, fear and pain towards life, happiness and pleasure. Given this, an evolutionary mechanism to make the passing into death easier might serve as an explaination.
I don't believe in much of what I just wrote, and I leapt from purposeless evolution to having a purpose (just like evolutionists do), but this would make some kind of loose sense to me if it wasn't for other evidence.
Is there an interpreter in the house?
... As far as I am aware, evolution is a purposeless process and any survival value is just a bonus, so there is no point in looking for a purpose. Instincts, although being complex, are built on a simple sliding scale: we run from death, fear and pain towards life, happiness and pleasure. Given this, an evolutionary mechanism to make the passing into death easier might serve as an explaination.
), but this would make some kind of loose sense to me if it wasn't for other evidence.