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- Martin is a 42 year old married guy from Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Evolution operates in accordance with the universal laws of space, time, and causality.
By analyzing the emergence of life in the context of universal laws (which are fixed and objective) we can draw conclusions about evolution, morality, and life's meaning and purpose that are rational and incontrovertible. If we explore how these laws affect the shape and form of inanimate matter (particles, galaxies, solar systems and planets) we can establish a connection between life as a form of existence and the existence of the material universe.
Before life emerged the universe consisted entirely of inanimate material -- dust, rocks, gases, dozens of elements in varying proportions. Matter exists because its form is persistent. This is not tautological! Many forms of matter do not persist (radioactive isotopes) and therefore exist in vanishingly small quantities. The material universe consists overwhelmingly of elements and forms that are persistent. This observation applies to macroscopic as well as microscopic material forms (planetary systems as well as hydrogen gas atoms).
This is objectively true and provable; in our universe, where existence is governed by the laws of space, time and causality, things that persist tend to exist in greater quantities than things that don't persist.
How does this apply to life and to evolution? All living things comprise matter, but can we really say that the meaning and purpose of a marmot relates to the form of a rock?
However, even though life is a more complex form of existence than inanimate matter, it must abide by universal laws and principles. The living form is a form of existence. It persists by sustaining itself and reproducing itself. With life, though, the form persists rather than the material instance of the form. Life goes on, even though the individual dies or the species becomes extinct. The living form evolves not through some quirk or fluke, but because evolution reflects the natural influence of the laws of space, time, and causality.
Evolution then is a phenomenon governed by universal laws. Evolutionary psychology succeeds in explaining life's phenomenon because it models the concept that the form of life persists.
(For an elaboration of this powerful new philosophy, please refer to "meaninginmylife.com [meaninginmylife.com] .")
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