My anchors - Capsule No. 5
I remind you that in what I call "My anchorages, it is a personal reflection on what I think of my place in the universe. I do not speak ex cathedra. I do not pretend to have the truth with a capital V. I do not start a speech to the nation as are from time to time the chairs of the USA. I'm just trying to explain to myself (and, by extension, to those who have the patience to read me) what I understand my place in this universe I inhabit. I try to define my views as opposed to those that can maintain, for example, Christians, Jews and Islamists.
In previous caps, after a "My Introduction to anchors," I expressed my views in the following areas:
Capsule No1: "My place in the Universe "
Capsule No. 2:" The emergence of life ";
Capsule No. 3:" The Origins of Man ";
Capsule # 4:" Who has made the Universe? "
TODAY 'Today, I'll tell you what I think about the future of the human being.
Say first that the man is "a living species" as are the animals and plants. It is, by all appearances, the most advanced species living on Earth. He is not immortal, that we know. But it is not eternal either, if one refers to the fate of other living species. It teaches us that every year thousands of species disappear from the Earth's surface. This is old four billion years ago and modern man (homo sapiens) have only 200 000 years. It really is a newcomer on the planet. Almost a newborn when compared, for example, dinosaurs ruled the earth for 160 million years. So do not believe that mankind is eternal. Especially if one considers how humans mistreat their planet for some time, it may well be that he is himself the architect of its own demise. Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, to mention that he is very pessimistic in this regard.
Assuming that man happens to avert the fate and find ways to harmonize their lifestyle to that of its planet, it still happens on a day when it will disappear in turn for its star, the Sun, who brings light and life, will eventually die out. Scientists tell us that it is half time in his life of ten billion years. It's still not come overnight and there is no urgency to pack to move to another planet. Suppose
So that by the big move, or at least for a few tens or hundreds of thousands of years, man reaches survive. What will happen there? I venture here in the role of career counselor.
It is difficult today to deny the theory of evolution. Paleontologists agree that, through all phases of human evolution, the brain of it has grown, that man became more intelligent. I believe that man is on the rise, the capacity of his brain continues to grow. Does it happen for all to live in harmony with nature? That, I presume, because as I said earlier, it might not survive if it does not reach this harmony.
But what about his "heart qualities"? Is he, too, on the rise? Is it better now than it was before? Is it more compassionate to the misery of his neighbor? Is it ready to rescue him? Is it less barbaric, less cruel? Modern punishment are they as bad as the quartering, the lions or the torture of the wheel?
Capsule No1: "My place in the Universe "
Capsule No. 2:" The emergence of life ";
Capsule No. 3:" The Origins of Man ";
Capsule # 4:" Who has made the Universe? "
TODAY 'Today, I'll tell you what I think about the future of the human being.
Say first that the man is "a living species" as are the animals and plants. It is, by all appearances, the most advanced species living on Earth. He is not immortal, that we know. But it is not eternal either, if one refers to the fate of other living species. It teaches us that every year thousands of species disappear from the Earth's surface. This is old four billion years ago and modern man (homo sapiens) have only 200 000 years. It really is a newcomer on the planet. Almost a newborn when compared, for example, dinosaurs ruled the earth for 160 million years. So do not believe that mankind is eternal. Especially if one considers how humans mistreat their planet for some time, it may well be that he is himself the architect of its own demise. Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, to mention that he is very pessimistic in this regard.
Assuming that man happens to avert the fate and find ways to harmonize their lifestyle to that of its planet, it still happens on a day when it will disappear in turn for its star, the Sun, who brings light and life, will eventually die out. Scientists tell us that it is half time in his life of ten billion years. It's still not come overnight and there is no urgency to pack to move to another planet. Suppose
So that by the big move, or at least for a few tens or hundreds of thousands of years, man reaches survive. What will happen there? I venture here in the role of career counselor.
It is difficult today to deny the theory of evolution. Paleontologists agree that, through all phases of human evolution, the brain of it has grown, that man became more intelligent. I believe that man is on the rise, the capacity of his brain continues to grow. Does it happen for all to live in harmony with nature? That, I presume, because as I said earlier, it might not survive if it does not reach this harmony.
But what about his "heart qualities"? Is he, too, on the rise? Is it better now than it was before? Is it more compassionate to the misery of his neighbor? Is it ready to rescue him? Is it less barbaric, less cruel? Modern punishment are they as bad as the quartering, the lions or the torture of the wheel?
Obviously, if we refer the Holocaust of Nazi concentration camps, acts of terrorism that are now commonplace and torture that one continues to practice in many corners of the planet, to cite just two examples, we quickly conclude that, on the heart, the modern man's heart is as black as his ancestors.
But I like the illusion that goodness aside, the nature of man is growing. I think, somewhat naively perhaps, that people are becoming increasingly aware that they had better live in peace and that, for their greater good. Is not this way was born in 1919, The League of Nations which was followed by the UN? This movement of humanitarian reconciliation did not he himself presided over the birth of all these international agencies for assistance, the NGOs, which are found everywhere on the planet today? Is he not allowed to see is a progression of human intelligence that leads to greater awareness that it is in harmony with others that is his own happiness?
Obviously, we can not ignore the many blunders that the UN has not knew or wanted to avoid like the war in Kosovo, genocide in Rwanda or the war in Iraq. But, overall, the UN, NGOs, many international organizations such as, for example, UNESCO, are they not indications that the heart of man slowly takes precedence over the selfishness?
In other words, I am inclined to believe that the qualities of heart generally tend to follow the evolution of intelligence. That, over time, man will become better because the more intelligent.
Fortunately I do not want a letter to the editor because I should face a cohort of protesters ready to contradict myself, with supporting evidence.
