[msiyer]

I agree with most of what you say. We know of no "better way". Nature is infinitely more intelligent. If Nature wanted us to not know or do something, we would not have been able to. Our ability to edit genes is a result of Nature's willingness to let us experiment. We still have very little understanding of what genes are or how Nature edits them for evolutionary purposes.

One thing that I know is that ethics have no meaning in Nature's eyes.

[arkh]

Nature is not a fucking intelligent being.

Just tell it like you mean it and replace Nature with God in your message.

Even if it is intelligent with a purpose, it would have made us with all our capacities. An important one being able to make tools and soon alter voluntarily our genes. Humans are not some superior or inferior beings outside of Nature. They're part of it as are all they produce.

[ben_w]

I think it’s more accurate to say “nature is not a singular intentional personality”.

Evolution is a form of intelligence, just utterly unlike us. Azathoth rather than Yahweh, as Eliezer Yudkowsky puts it.

[oreo81]

Found the easily triggered neck beard. He never said anything about God.