November 19, 2011

Isn't natural selection enough?

I may be seen as someone much influenced by the theory of evolution and natural selection. I posted an aspect of this theory long ago when I started blogging. As the evolution continues decades after decades, centenary after centenary and millennium after millennium, there is one thing that just does not seem to evolve.

In order to maintain its supremacy, the human race has developed a tendency to take the power in its own hand - partially because of self-protection against natural hazards and inherent risk of existence of life on this planet but mostly because of greed, ego, anger and jealousy. The world has witnessed the annihilation caused due to terrorism which is responsible for mainly killing innocent people basis foolish myth. We know, that is one of the most unpardonable sins and therefore, needs collective and complete intolerance. Here comes my question on the subject. Is that it? No. Just not.

I do not intend to draw any parallel to terrorism but feel helpless to pause for a moment. I feel helpless when I read the stories of somebody killing their own kin, friends or partners. I feel helpless when someone shoots a toll-tax employee for a mere 27 rupees. It drives me crazy when somebody kills a man for having an affair with his partner. Indeed, I go nuts when someone kills a bar-tender when she refuses to offer the drinks when she is actually not allowed to do so.

Without going into the reasons of all these events, I feel that these acts are no less detestable than those of terrorism. The impact may be sparse and voices may not be collective against individual culprits but does not meet the core value of the existence. Come and think of it where is all the humanity when one is not ready to forgive someone else’s mistake even though it is not so at times. How can someone shoot somebody as if a toddler is playing with a toy? Ages have come and gone but there is this very stuff that boggles me completely. We have been killing each other since the inception of Stone Age and it has only grown with the expansion of world.

Alas, there is no one to direct those being naturally selected that they need to survive not only to survive and that they need to modify themselves not only according to changing laws of nature. There is a need to bridge the gap between Godliness and survival. It is a process of natural selection and no one is empowered to select or deselect someone else on their whims and fancies.

2 comments:

Ramesh said...

Interesting parallel between between natural selection and acts of violence and murder. Such acts os bestiality happen in some species in the natural world too. The qualities of natural aggression, wanting power, eliminating competition, are all in our genes - natural selection made it that way. In fact acts of comopassion, kindness and sacrifice are all against the fundamental tenets of evolution. The human race with its trademark "humanity" is actually going against evolution.

Very interesting insight Vishal.

Vishal said...

@ Ramesh - very true, natural selection made it that way and that is the exact concern I have with this theory... natural selection was supposed to be way of surviving one species over another. On the other hand, unwanted violence and murders are just a cruel extension (perhaps by-product) and no way close to humanity. Thanks for wonderful summary of what I wanted to convey! :)