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Saving Empathy
An autistic man with unique traits is forced out of his lone obsession with nature, evolution, and life to try and save empathy, love, and socialness in the human race.
He knows and is confident he can prove that Darwin's theory of evolution is incomplete. Yes, life evolves, but the primary mechanics are not random, undirected variation and natural selection. Life is infinitely more intelligent than this theory describes. Life is constantly sensing its environment and using this information to adapt or, more importantly, maintain its design if successful. This information is what we would call stress or, a better definition, energy beyond adaptation.
The hypothesis is simple. If stress, energy beyond adaptation, is high and persistent, this is an indicator to life that the body plan or design is not suited and must change. This information will be passed from parent to offspring to increase variation in the specific area of stress for future generations. If stress is low, this indicates that the body plan is successful and must be maintained. Life or nature achieves all this through feedback between the stress axis and the epigenome. This is life's primary evolutionary mechanics. Meaning, as stress becomes persistent, biology is programmed to pass this information forward through future generations and epigenetically change to resolve the stress.
Follow this man, Ryan, as he tries to convince his friend Jessica to help him save empathy, love, and socialness. He takes her on a path of discovering how nature and life work. He shows her how humans evolved to become so unique, and if they want to stay this way, they must recognize specific emerging patterns and ultimately act on this information. Join them as they uncover the inner workings of nature and their ultimate decision to try and save humanity.
He knows and is confident he can prove that Darwin's theory of evolution is incomplete. Yes, life evolves, but the primary mechanics are not random, undirected variation and natural selection. Life is infinitely more intelligent than this theory describes. Life is constantly sensing its environment and using this information to adapt or, more importantly, maintain its design if successful. This information is what we would call stress or, a better definition, energy beyond adaptation.
The hypothesis is simple. If stress, energy beyond adaptation, is high and persistent, this is an indicator to life that the body plan or design is not suited and must change. This information will be passed from parent to offspring to increase variation in the specific area of stress for future generations. If stress is low, this indicates that the body plan is successful and must be maintained. Life or nature achieves all this through feedback between the stress axis and the epigenome. This is life's primary evolutionary mechanics. Meaning, as stress becomes persistent, biology is programmed to pass this information forward through future generations and epigenetically change to resolve the stress.
Follow this man, Ryan, as he tries to convince his friend Jessica to help him save empathy, love, and socialness. He takes her on a path of discovering how nature and life work. He shows her how humans evolved to become so unique, and if they want to stay this way, they must recognize specific emerging patterns and ultimately act on this information. Join them as they uncover the inner workings of nature and their ultimate decision to try and save humanity.
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 23, 2022
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