Genetic Memory Part 2 - evolution of the mind

A lot of people argue that evolution is a myth. Not a majority, but a lot. Just because the creation theory cannot be justified, 'intelligent design' was used as a excuse. Why can't they accept that evolution has, is and will always occur? Intelligent design focuses on conventional biological theories mixed with religious theories on the creation of the universe. It states that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection."

Maybe it's true. That's the bad part about theories like this. You can neither prove it nor disprove it.

But back to the main topic. Let's take a look at a prime example. Most people say we evolved from monkeys. In truth it's apes, not monkeys. And what is the key similarity other than the obvious mind power of chimps and the facial structure? It's our opposable thumbs! Which other animal has opposable thumbs? No other animal can open a door knob as efficiently as humans/apes/monkeys can? Sloths? Bears? Not really. The biggest evolutionary jump from ape to man, in my opinion, is not the mind, but the feet. Yes, the feet. Take a good look at them. They have similarities to that of an apes, but ours is reconstructed to be able to support us on our hind legs. And since man have stopped climbing trees and mountains, the shape of our feet have change dramatically. Slowly, we will witness our 'pinky' toes shrinking, or getting smaller. Why? Because we no longer use it. Apes and monkeys use it to grip branches. We don't even use it for balance anymore.

Then we have people who say evolution has never been observed. But how would you explain this: If you somehow went back in time some 500 years ago and explained that the world is round, gravity is real, earth revolves around the sun, etc, people would not have accepted it. In fact you would have been executed for blasphemy or something like that. But slowly, the human mind has evolved. Carrying genetic messages, making the process of learning easier. That's why technology that seemed like a breakthrough 20 years ago (eg: computers) is now taken for granted and so easily accepted. It is our minds evolving. One generation's genetics learning about the world and passing it on to the next.

Another way to observe human evolution (though this is harder to accept) is race. As in colour of skin, etc. Why are people in Japan mostly small, and why are people in Africa black? Japan is a tiny country, and thus the people have to naturally adapt to the size. The dark skin pigmentation of Africans are actually a natural sunblock, making darker people less prone to skin cancer.

I'd just like to say a few words of nonsense.1) just because man only live to see 70 - 90 years of life, doesn't mean the countless millennia that have past are non existent. 2)The universe can survive without humans, but humans cannot survive without the universe. 3)Next time you are happy about something that happened to you or something you received that made you happy, thank those responsible (even if it's yourself) and not the heavens. Do not find someone or something to blame, blame is the expression of dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction is the expression of anger. And anger sucks.