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I am not sure, if our concept of evolution can be applied to the stars, assuming they have consciousness. Asking why they evolved consciousness, would be the s
by lukan 3y ago
I am not sure, if our concept of evolution can be applied to the stars, assuming they have consciousness.
Asking why they evolved consciousness, would be the same to me as asking why the big bang happened and what was before that.
No idea, this is way beyond my understanding. But I doubt there is any human who has these insights.
So to clarify, I do not claim anything here, I just state how little we know about the grand picture and the rest is speculation, which I am aware is entering theological realms.
- haswell 3y ago> which I am aware is entering theological realms Theological realms are where people tend to go when they feel they must have an explanation to something unexplainable. I think it’s important to preserve a non-theological space that allows one to acknowledge how little we know without defaulting to a theological position, and to highlight that acknowledging these unknowns does not make one a believer in deities. Not saying this is what you’re doing by the way, but it’s a kind of binary choice that many people seem to force on the situation.
- lukan 3y agoNot every religion works with the concept of absolute truth and dogma (see Mysticism, Taoism, various pagan ones, ..) and I was speculating above, whether the sun cares about and supports us. That is probably in the theological realm by common understanding. Or maybe more philosophical? Who knows, probably more philosophical, but I think the lines can get blurry.