Controllers

Who's in control here? Well, here I'm pretty much in control, but in the larger context.

Let's talk about control.

Control, like intelligent design, presupposes a controller. That there is someone pulling the strings, watching over it all, gently guiding things. We hope the controller is benevolent, but more than likely, he's not. He's probably not malevolent either-- the most likely thing is that he just doesn't care one way or the other.

BUT all the evidence points to evolution. Rules govern, but don't dictate. There is no controller. No one's in charge.

That scares most people, because they want the comfort of knowing that someone has the answers, when, in fact, there are no answers. Rules govern stable systems, but sometimes catastrophes happen. Sometimes asteroids hit and trigger a new ice age. Dinosaurs, like dodoes, are extinct.

I lost control a little today. Sorry.