Oddbean new post about | logout
 Evolution. 
 And the origin? 
 Sunlight or another energy source sparked a chemical reaction that caused single celled life. 
 Almost perfect coincidence of many circumstances that do not seem random. As if something or someone deemed it like that. 
 You're entitled to that belief, despite no evidence for it. 
 I believe that there is an origin, I believe in the scientific evidence. I don’t believe in chance or coincidences. 
 That's why they call what you describe as "Faith." 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis 
 A beautiful coincidence of chance. As if someone planned it. 
 and that someone? 
 I don’t know. There is no evidence of anyone. 
 You. You are it. There is no separation. Always has been, always will be, for eternity. Of course it is beautiful and seemingly to perfect to be an anomaly, because that is what you are. 
 Metaphorically it sounds convincing. 
 Good metaphors speak to reality. The reality is even wilder.