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# The Meaning of Human Existence

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    This is an account of the condition, not the meaning, of human existence; keep looking if you expect otherwise
  

*by P***L on Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2016*

This book should have been titled "The Condition of Human Existence." There is nothing here about meaning, or how it might be created. This is just a biologist reminding everyone again that evolution by natural selection is scientifically factual, and creation myths and folktales are not. Here and there, he flits back and forth between insisting that the sciences and the humanities need each other, but then extolling the sciences as superior. Well, okay.The sciences are undoubtedly superior for describing and classifying the phenomena that we experience, including ourselves. But recognizing the evolutionary bases of the human condition says nothing about the meaning of our existence—it only clears away the authority of mythological accounts that are rooted in supernatural revelation. (And his discussion of those accounts, while appropriately dismissive, is still irritatingly simplistic.) Remaining open is the question of whether, given the condition of the human species as a product of natural selection, anything resembling meaning or purpose is possible, and, if so, how we might discover or create it. Wilson has nothing to say on that question, and fails even to acknowledge that it might be asked.He does suggest an interesting idea, which is that "individual selection favors what we call sin and group selection favors virtue" (p. 179), but it's not clear how that ought to affect the question of meaning. Undoubtedly, we humans experience a troubling conflict between our individuality and our need for social support, but that is a condition of our existence, not its meaning.If you are looking for another restatement that, yes, evolution by natural selection really does have more explanatory power than supernaturalist creation myths for establishing the conditions of human existence, then this is a decent little book. But it offers nothing further, particularly if you are excited by the title and the prospect of tackling the problem of meaning. And for those who are not already persuaded of our evolutionary nature, I doubt this book will shift your view; he's preaching to the choir.

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    Natural Selection,not Faith
  

*by W***S on Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2015*

A very thoughtful speculation on "the meaning of human existence", which the author sees in primarily evolutionary terms. His position is that we Homo Sapiens, who currently dominate the earthly biosphere, are the result of billions of years of natural selection, not the mythical creation of supernatural powers. Wilson holds no truck with religious explanations, and sees most religions as formerly useful forms of tribalism held over from earlier stages of human evolution. Those attached to "faith based" religion of any variety will inevitably reject this whole argument. But for those who,like me, cannot accept religious explanations of mankind, it is a powerful and persuasive argument.

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    All religions have their own "creation story," and all of them believe that all the other religions are wrong. Big Problem.
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015*

I highly recommend this book for people who're really interested in learning where we came from and why we are here. Raised in a religious family in the south, as was Dr. Wilson, I was taught the creation story and all of the other dogma of our religion. Only in the past fifteen years have I really started looking at the "big picture" and understanding what humankind has done to our planet. Wilson notes that he was surprised that hardly anyone is talking about the crucial "big picture" when it comes to how we humans are rapidly destroying the fragile ecosystem that sustains us. This information should be taught in all our schools, but that won't happen anytime soon. That's because at least half of Americans do not believe that humans evolved, and that percentage is going in the wrong direction.

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