--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > > > Gillam wrote: > > > > > What's the evolutionist's answer to the question? I would > > > think it would have something to do with how enjoying > > > life helps further life. Simple. The people who could not > > > see beauty were more likely to say, "What the fuck," and > > > give up. > > > > I don't believe that human happiness has > > to have a reason. It doesn't seem to > > really be a product of the gene's need to > > reproduce since so often the desire to have > > kids beyond someone's means brings unhappiness > > and struggle. Many miserable bastards seem to > > do quite well in surviving and perpetuating > > their genes. > > Yeah, lots of people are depressed, for example. > You'd think evolution would have had enough > time to weed depression out of the mix if > being happy was essential to survival and the > propagation of the species. > > I'm genuinely interested in having someone > explain how beauty and the appreciation of > beauty help propagate life. I'm not > coming up with a very persuasive explanation > on my own. I'm more comfortable with the > consciousness theory in this regard - that > love, truth and beauty are the Holy Trinity > of the underlying force of life. > Evolution is about adapting to a given environment. Thus life in the water over the course of millions of years will become perfectly suited to water. A well evolved species will live in perfect harmony with the living things and physical world around them. That is the nature of evolution.
Love, truth and beauty is the recognition of this harmony around us. They are part of nature, its part of us. No supernatural stuff need apply. Even a hardened materialist can appreciate the organic unity of these ideals. s.
