> --- curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > Gillam wrote: > > > What's the evolutionist's answer to the question? I would > > think it would have something to do with how enjoying > > life helps further life. Simple. The people who could not > > see beauty were more likely to say, "What the fuck," and > > give up. > > I don't believe that human happiness has > to have a reason. It doesn't seem to > really be a product of the gene's need to > reproduce since so often the desire to have > kids beyond someone's means brings unhappiness > and struggle. Many miserable bastards seem to > do quite well in surviving and perpetuating > their genes.
Yeah, lots of people are depressed, for example. You'd think evolution would have had enough time to weed depression out of the mix if being happy was essential to survival and the propagation of the species. I'm genuinely interested in having someone explain how beauty and the appreciation of beauty help propagate life. I'm not coming up with a very persuasive explanation on my own. I'm more comfortable with the consciousness theory in this regard - that love, truth and beauty are the Holy Trinity of the underlying force of life.
