I while ago I was inspired to write the "KEYS TO THE UNIVERSE" copy with the intention that it would become a tee shirt, which I did produce. And I have people that read the shirt, and many do not quite understand it. I tell them that I wrote it primarily for anthropologists or at least people who are a half a nerd, they get it right away. And so, because of the confusion I have resolved to write the instructions that go along with the tee shirt.
KEYS TO THE UNIVERSE TM
BIPEDAL, THUMBS, BBQ, LARGE BRAIN
Who has the keys to the universe? Any life from on planet earth with the combination of these unique features:
1. Bipedal: Human beings walk fully upright and standing on two feet. This is a very unique mode of locomotion in the animal world. A mode of locomotion that provides a high degree of mobility, flexibility and stamina in running down their prey.
2. Thumbs: The human hand is unique and highly specialized. The thumb and fingers configuration give humans a very advanced manner of holding and manipulating matter and materials. From the very finest and most delicate micro manipulations to the very largest macro manipulations in shaping materials and matter.
3. BBQ: (MEAT and FIRE). Human beings are true omnivores and because of our ability in mobility and to manipulate matter (originate and develop concepts, tools and technology) and to initiate and control fire for cooking humans have more access to meat and a broad variety of food opportunities. Cooked meat is highly concentrated protein that is safer and easier to consume and offers optimized nutrient opportunities. There is a theory of human evolution that proposes access to more concentrated forms of protein in meat, cooked, allowed humans to develop a larger and more complex brain structure.
4. Large Brain: There is no other life form on planet earth with the unique kind of brain and physiology that human beings possess. Human beings are so unusual and advanced over all other forms of life on planet earth given all of the listed features of their physiology, the ability to develop complex modes of communication, symbolism, technology and adaptation to most environments. So unusual that human beings alone have the ability to leave the earth and travel to other planets and the stars.
(Note: Humans are so different, so advanced so unusual that they actually exist in real terms in two realities. Human beings live in their primary DNA/ biological reality. And then human beings also in real terms live in a second intellectualized reality. And this second intellectualized reality is so powerful that human beings come to believe that they are not connected to their primary DNA / biological selves and reality. A squirrel and most other life forms live exclusively in one reality, and they are forever trapped in that single reality. That is not so for human beings.)
Earth rise: A picture taken from the moon of the earth that no other form of life on planet earth can comprehend let alone for one second understand the implications of. None.
So, given all that I have listed, and I could have listed much more, but these are just some of the fundamental differences that separate human beings from all other forms of life on planet earth. And of course, these observations make an interesting tee shirt that starts crazy conversations, and these instructions give you the context to explain it :)
So, I ask you, who has the keys to the universe? There is only one answer. Look in any mirror and meet them.
Are you paying attention yet America? JGL 7/28/24
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