Our brains are wired to be curious, ingenuitive, and much more. I have a theory that humans are “designed” by evolution to be the “transporters” of life (much like how seeds evolve to spread) – to spread the seed of life into space in case of some catastrophic event beyond the Earth’s power to avoid. At the same time I believe we have been distracted by toilsome endeavorers (the stuff our economies are made of) I know this might sound nutty to some but Carl Sagan had similar thoughts. I know evolution doesn’t think, but look at a sprout, see how it follows the sun? Well, now just imagine that if the entire organism that is Earth (the thing that gave birth to all life on it) has similar tendencies as a single plant or animal, a “force” guiding it towards survival. Sure we may be screwing up, but there’s no guarantee a species will fill its niche (purpose). I brought this up to a Christian friend and he told me that if he’s wrong about the existence of his God that maybe that’s why we long for places like Heaven, and why we feel we’re “stewards”. Your thoughts?
My thoughts are these: Evolution is accepted as having no “goal” by those who understand the physical nature and causes of the process (we say it is not teleological). I reject the notion of intelligent design, and realize that evolution is the result of chance alterations in organisms’ genetics (which cause changes via natural selection). It is important to remember that Nature does not “invent,” but only modifies (again, by natural selection) what arises by chance.
Your theory would suggest that evolution has a predetermined directionality. We know empirically that this is not the case. Evolution only acts to ameliorate only the most immediate environmental stressors.