NATURE AND MORALİTY
Existence, at its core, is an energy transfer. What we call life is nothing more than the temporary organization of that transfer. Human beings, however, construct concepts such as “civilization,” “morality,” and “virtue” upon this mechanism in an attempt to conceal their biological reality. Yet this veil is destined to tear at the first biological crisis. When hunger, fear, or the threat of death emerges, humanity’s abstract values dissolve rapidly, leaving behind only naked existence. The long story of humanity is, in truth, the story of a raw nature writhing beneath a thin curtain of morality. The first and most genuine bond humans establish with the world is not friendship, but appetite. The innocent connection a small child forms with the lamb in its arms often lasts only until blood sugar drops. When hunger appears, the brain shatters that image of innocence and suddenly redefines the lamb as “life energy.” This is not a moral issue. It is the oldest equation in nature. One...