Also, yes yes, this: from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. I remember having an argument with my freshman year roommate about science and religion, and she said, "But isn't it degrading, being related to apes?" And I said, thinking, oh, honey, "We came from stardust. How is that not amazing enough?"
Re: outing myself as a huge nerd...
Also, yes yes, this: from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. I remember having an argument with my freshman year roommate about science and religion, and she said, "But isn't it degrading, being related to apes?" And I said, thinking, oh, honey, "We came from stardust. How is that not amazing enough?"