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| Natural Evolution |
Nature never has any preset
design for anything
but allows evolution of living organisms in accordance to their prevailing
circumstances with the purpose of adaptation. Converse to this, human intellect
first conceives a design for something in accordance to prevailing conditions
of usage and then constructs it accordingly. So, the inducing factors behind an
evolution and construction are different. The constructed things may be made
for any type of existing or future, natural or fictitious conditions while the
evolution works only for prevailing circumstance. However these may be
artificially created.
In evolution, the thing adjusts to
circumstances by itself, hence is applicable to living-beings only while a
designed thing is non-living though it may imitate animation. Here in this
article, I am to examine the two processes for their contribution to evolution
and development of human civilization, naturally and artificially.
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| Artificial Design |
Circumstantial
and Conditioned
Evolution takes
place depending on circumstances while for a construction, conditions of usage
are studied and the design is prepared accordingly. Circumstances are that
prevail at the particular time and place, therefore evolution is subject to
particular time and place. For this reason, a number of living organisms may
evolve into different things at different times and at different places.
For a design, human intellect does not
limit itself to particular circumstances at a place or time but may perceive
quite differing conditions for the usage of the thing, prepares design
accordingly and then constructs the thing as per the preconceived design.
Therefore, evolution is circumstantial while the design is conditioned.
Living and non-living Things
Evolution process generally takes place on its own in a living organism through
its response to the prevailing circumstances. Such things can’t be designed and
constructed, at least with the knowledge we have till date. The form and
structure of a living organism, for this reason, does not remain stable over
time but keep on evolving to adapt to the prevailing circumstances.
However, with imposition of artificially imposed conditions on a
living organism, it may be made to respond to these and evolve accordingly.
This is the process how human intellect has been forced to evolve over time to
the high level it is today. Artificially imposed norms of human civilization on
the intellect have been forcing it to keep on evolving gradually and regularly
since the time when humans decided to settle at fixed places and develop
themselves in to civilized societies. The process of evolution continues
through generations of living organisms due to passage of genetic information
from one generation to the next. The process of evolution is usually slow
needing time through some generations of the organism.
Non-living passive things may be designed to suit any perceived
conditions and then constructed. Since, these have no capability of responding
on their own to given circumstances, their forms and structures remain stable
and there are no natural generation links hence information inheritance.
Evolved Design
It is not that human intellect can’t evolve anything as nature
keeps on evolving living organisms. I began constructing my home without any
design or pre-conceived notion. It began with the existence of a 8-feet
diameter underground chamber constructed by my father as a gobar-gas plant long
back. I made a passage for the chamber and with some finishing touches, it works
as my bedroom, cozy during winters and cool during summers. Above this, I began
constructing my home by working for about 2 hours a day laying bricks for
raising walls and then covering walls with roofs.
I call this home as evolved to met my needs gradually. It has
taken years and is still incomplete and evolving. But this evolution is not on
its own, it needs to be engineered by me artificially. Therefore, technically
it is not an evolution but a slow process of realization of needs and then
designing constructing.
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