Could Life be a Mass Harnest of the Universe?

[Kegg]

II recently have come up with an idea or a "theory" to what the human race might possibly be. After reading a book that Neil Degrasse Tyson wrote he mentioned that we humans are made up of star dust. The star dust from super novas spread through the galaxy landing on various planets in orbit, and starting life. I guess my idea starts there, if this is the case would it not be fair to say it is possible that the universe has created us on purpose? for what purpose one may ask? Well to be briefe, the universe could be depleated from what we humans carry and use every single night of our lives. Dymethyletriptamine - DMT. DMT is realesed while we sleep and is responsible for our dreams. Its only other time of use is death. When we die this chemical is realesed in mass amounts. Could it be possible that our universe has created the human race to harvest life or souls of people after we die?

Edited October 15, 2012 by Kegg

[weiming1998]

Firstly, a "soul" is not proven to exist. Consciousness, as far as we know, is only a construct of the brain.

 

Second, If the universe had a consciousness and needed a specific chemical/groups of chemicals for whatever reason, it could just make it so that planets are created with just the precursors of the chemicals/groups of chemicals in a soup or blend. This would be much easier than making a planet with the conditions to support life.

 

Third, the most common problem associated with souls are when they started to appear and why. You could say that all animals have souls, but what about primitive animals like sponges, and single-celled organisms? If they have souls too, wouldn't bacteria, algae, etc have souls too? If they have souls too, what about proto-life, like replicating DNA/RNA strands surrounded by lipid/protein? Eventually, you get to simple organic chemicals, and they certainly don't have souls.

 

You could also say "only vertebrates have souls" or "only humans have souls". But there's the same problem. For example, if you were to say that only vertebrates have souls, what about the animals that were beginning to evolve spines (very early fish)? The classification distinction between species/genuses/whatever of animals are not absolute. An analogy would be a timeline of human civilisation. Where exactly did Middle ages end and the Renaissance start? There is no answer, since these time periods are only human history stacked in recognisable chunks.

 

So where exactly did souls start to evolve in an animal? And what is the evolutionary advantage of souls? I believe this question has to be answered.

Edited October 19, 2012 by weiming1998