The Unknown Philosopher

I was sitting in the car waiting for the children to come out of school when a thought occured to me. I was thinking about evolution. I don't really believe that we came from apes. I recon things may have evolved gradually, but not in the sense that Darwin taught. But then suddenly I had another thought. According to evolution we should reach perfection eventually, right? This planet seems a little far from perfect. Mentally the planet has not evolved. Wars have come and gone ever since the beginning of time, and continue. In effect mankind is still an infant, somehow trapped in this constant circle. I suddenly had the notion that evolution, acording to the laws of survival of the fittest etc, could eventualy bring forth the perfect being. right? It would probably be hermaphradite, to assure constant reproduction, It would also be strong and clever, it would have to be to survive. Would it then be correct to assume that God himself was the first ever being to evolve ? Could he hav...

I had rather a busy week, I don't know where the time goes. It all has to do with perception I suppose. The more busy we are the quicker time seems to pass. On the other hand, if you are held up at traffic lights and are late for an important meeting, two minutes can seem like a life time! Perception. I actually don't like waiting for anything, whether it be in queues or doctor's surgeries, but what I have learned is if you occupy youself some way or another, time inevitably, does seem to pass by quicker. There are other times we don't seem to have enough hours in the day. Time is a concept only really know to humans, in the traditional sense that is. I mean dogs never seem to be worrying about it! There was a white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, but that was just fiction (wans't it?) He was late for an important date. Time alters as we get further away from our planet. At the end of space, maybe it ceases to exist altogether. Somehow becomes timeless. My son descri...