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Let's assume, for the sake of simplicity, that a human being is a creature that after 5 billion years of evolution became 1000 times more advanced than an average bacteria. If that kind of evolutionary progress is attainable, then if we take another 5 billion years it should theoretically be possible for evolution to come up with a creature that is 1000 times more advanced than an average human being is, right? Now, as a human race, we came to believe that we are the top of the crop, the remarkable creatures that became the undisputed sovereigns of the planet. But what if, contrary to this belief, we are just one of the countless gears driving the evolution engine’s journey towards its pinnacle, not the pinnacle itself? A gear that will promptly be discarded once it has fulfilled its mission. Aren't the clashes (e.g., aggression, sex drive) between our "humanity" and animal nature a sufficient evidence that this, indeed, is a work in progress? More so, wouldn't that also mean that the top predators we consider ourselves to be, our role in this world, in fact, wasn't any more different than that of an average bacteria?
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