As human societies became more complex ...
This section I find too general to get involved with ...
Proto-man was just one of many animal species locked in the struggle for survival over millennia. While his brain evolved through natural selection, the question arises: why did the brains of other creatures not similarly evolve, even to a lesser extent?
That's a huge question, again with a lot of generalisation.
Short answer: Who knows? Why have our brains got smaller over the millennia ... evolution is a very complex case.
The reality is stark: while man's brain has evolved considerably, those of other creatures have remained largely unchanged. By the law of averages, some species should have evolved intelligence approaching humanity's level, but none have.
I'm not sure that's a definitive reason ... ?
So, what accounts for this disparity?
The answer points to a deliberate cause.
Well as a Christian, I'd agree. But if that means Intelligent Design, then I disagree.
For proto-man, natural selection favored physical traits—strength, toughness, speed—over brain development. By this logic, we should resemble gorillas.
Well, gorillas is the path gorillas took in evolution. Nature tried a different path with us, clearly ... Just nature's way of trying all sorts.
Yet, our intelligence has paradoxically made us physically weaker but mentally stronger.
Well not entirely paradoxical. Were we ever that strong?
Again, the question persists: what caused this shift?
God?
Remove our extraordinary intelligence, and humanity would struggle to survive. Our intelligence seems to defy natural laws.
No, I think that's an over-statement. Remove our intelligence and we'd have reached an evolutionary dead-end ... and perhaps there are those species, very much like ours, without that intelligence, who did just that and vanished without trace?
"We are left with the explanation: Deliberate Cause."
That's an explanation. There are others.
This suggests an isolated intelligence influencing our physical selves—something distinct from the objective universe and its laws. This psyche or soul isn't merely a product of the brain's functions; it imbues us with identity, uniqueness, and a sense of separation from the world.
OK
We each perceive something within ourselves that defies explanation by physical laws alone. We resist being reduced to electrochemical equations; we sense a deeper essence, essential to our being.
Yes, but that can be explained by our capacity for reflection and a fear of the unknown ...
Human intelligence, as a violation of objective universal law ...
Where did that come from? What actual universal law has been violated?
You're simply making huge statements without proper argument.
... suggests the existence of an intelligent entity beyond the physical universe. It allows us an external perspective and the creativity to act deliberately.
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This greater self, or GodSelf, often misunderstood throughout history, allows us to tap into extraordinary potential repeatedly throughout life.
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You're sounding very much like a theist here, and an advocate of Intelligent Design.
Human consciousness doesn't evolve passively like nature ...
There are those who regard consciousness as something of an 'aberation', but there are those who would strongly argue that consciousness is natural.
We can defy nature's course.
Well, King Canute can place his throne on the beach and order the tide to go back ... but it seemed the moon was not to be defied.
But the crux is, you've determined something as 'super-natural' purely on the basis of your own argument. I think a lot of people would not find that argument compelling or convincing. It's certainly not irrefutable.
