“I strongly believe that it is the destiny of Nature to develop consciousness and eventually develop the awareness to understand itself and responsibly shape its own future through an intelligent design rather than by billion year chance-by-chance often kludgey mutations. If we for a minute accept that premise, then learning about BIO is not just fun, but the destiny of Humans and the destiny of Nature itself. We are fulfilling the final step of the evolutionary process. Nature will eventually develop the awareness to chart its own course rather than being steered by the seas of chance.”
— This quote is part of the welcome to a cool blog about learning biology, DIY BIO 4 Beginners. I think that this idea is very interesting as a premise for wanting to study biology, and I think it brings up a lot of important and unanswered (unanswerable?) questions. What is the goal of studying biology? Can we be “Nature” and control it? What is the role of randomness in shaping living processes? What will an intelligently designed human look like, and how does this image of the ideal change depending on each individual, historical moment, or culture’s point of view?
