It took mankind many millennia to develop what we call the "basic" knowledge we have today. Most of us consider elementary-level math and science to be easy. However, back when the peak of technology was a sharpened stick, such knowledge was unheard of. Drawing pictures on cave walls with perspective was profound and advanced. We didn't know what caused the wind to blow, the Sun to shine, or the lightning to strike. We thought such events to be so profound and out of reach that it must have been the hand of a god that was behind it all. So we gave them names such as Apollo and Zeus. Now that we know the "science" behind it, these gods faded into mythology. This tells us that we have evolved our capacity to think. We can comprehend relatively advanced topics with little trouble. Now this leads me to this interesting thought:
Who says we're done evolving?
In the millenia to come, calculus may be taught in first grade, if in fact, schools have not become obsolete. In the later years, everyone will be learning some subject we don't even know exists today. Calculus was only discovered a few centuries ago, and now it's taught in high school. The secrets of wormholes, warp travel, and black holes will be common knowledge, and scholars will be studying some phenomena we haven't even discovered yet. The speed of light will be broken. Everyone will be able to comprehend exactly what infinity is. I am not describing the evolution of math and science, rather the evolution of the human race's capacity to think - the keyword being "capacity." Now, it is impossible to comprehend infinity, but with time (lots of time) the human brain may evolve enough to make that possible.
Here's an analogy: Think of the human brain as a box. We can fill it with ideas of calculus, physics, chemistry, and so on. However, now the box isn't big enough to fit incomprehensible ideas such as infinity. But as we evolve, the box will get bigger such that those ideas may fit and we may understand such complex thoughts. Just as our Paleolithic ancestors' box was too small to fit calculus into it, our modern-day boxes are too small to fit the secrets of black holes.
Today's science was yesterday's magic. Is it possible that today's magic will be tomorrow's science?
Another branching thought: Why haven't other species of animals evolved their capacity of thought? Why haven't they gotten smarter? If all animals adapt to survive, why did humans evolve the brain rather than camouflage or brute strength as other species have?
On the note of creationism versus evolution - who says we have to chose one over the other? Why not both?
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