Are we humans an evolutionary mistake?
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We humans, as far as we know, are the most advanced species on this planet. Over many millennia, a few members of our species have figured out that we are one small planet orbiting a star, in a universe of countless stars, galaxies, etc. Einstein figured out the speed limit of the universe, and that time and space are a single entity.
Others have discovered cures to diseases, and countless ways in which to heal humans and other living creatures. And still others have figured out so much more about how, and why things work.
Human scientists have discovered and interpreted so much more than most us can even begin to grasp. It really boggles the mind how far human knowledge has advanced with such infinitesimal clues.
Yet, when we look at the behavioral/belief aspects of human beings, we seem to be incredibly childlike, superstitious, and determined to destroy ourselves well before we can reach maturity.
The history of human behavior has demonstrated the genius with which we humans use scientific advancements to destroy other human beings. The most important thing we seem to have learned from the scientific revelations of the past is how to more efficiently kill each other.
And beyond that, we have divided ourselves by geography, color, language, tribes, dogma, and every other imaginable human characteristic.
But this is DU, so let me get to the point. The current primary campaign of the Republican Party is beyond an embarrassment to the human species. Trump? Cruz? The rest? The phrase “clown car” is totally insufficient, but it was the best we could do. In reality, the term “Knuckle Draggers” has become an almost meaningless cliché, but more closely describes the GOP lineup of both those who have dropped out and those still running.
Their expressed “values,” “world views,” and “solutions,” are a mountain of bullshit so immense as to require the largest herd of cattle that ever existed to produce it. And, of course, these candidates and ex-candidates know it. They’re playing to the lowest common denominator of what can charitably be called “human intelligence.” They’ll say or do anything, anything, necessary to get the nomination.
So let me say this. Given the state of today’s Republican Party, I really believe that those with all the traits of Caligula, Mussolini, or worse could be considered “viable” candidates by the poor ignorant fools who are casting votes or backing them in caucuses. For some insane reason, Fox “News” has more influence on “human thought” than the concepts of Galileo, or Stephan Hawking.
It really makes one wonder if the human species is an evolutionary mistake that will go the way of the dinosaurs.
And of course, there’s the Dem primary. But this is not the forum to discuss our differences. I’ll just say we hold differing versions of a future that is far Superior than anything that can ever be offered to us by a Republican Party that has gone off the deep end.
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Still I would say we are a very wondrous mistake or the universe has a hidden sense of irony. What really gets me is how the known universe refuses to allow us to peer at it at a certain level. As if something conscience was going on. Look away and I am a wave, look at me and I am a particle...life and death are a small part of what goes on between trillions of particles at a level we cannot even observe directly. Strange shit. 
Maybe earth is due for another...... 
some life form who came to this planet in nonphysical form, "borrowed" DNA from species already here for physical building blocks so we could exist within the biosphere... but our purpose is looking like we came here to destroy the biosphere of the planet. Once this one is trashed to the point of uninhabitability, we will figure out how to transport our nonphysical selves to yet another location and proceed to trash that.
...are we producing fewer math teachers today compared to years ago? 
