Nope. After an extinction event, there’s no telling how the evolution of life will reset. What’s important for us though is that this one allowed the mammals to evolve in a way that was not likely at all had the asteroid missed. On the other hand, what if it had hit 50 million years before that? How much more evolved would the human species be? Or would we have already wiped ourselves out by now?
That still leaves this part though:
[b][i]The evolution of life on earth has produced matter able to actually contemplate the extent to which there may or may not be a “dual” understanding of “I”.
“I”, for example, with or without God.
“I”, for example, with or without autonomy.
“I”, for example, with or without a teleological foundation.
And that’s before the part where “I” dies. Then what’s evolution got in store for us?[/i][/b]
How about your own “I” here? Has it evolved to the point you’ve got that all figured out? Not only biologically, but morally and politically too?
All those fucking genes and memes in an endless tug of war for your very soul?