Seeking an Explanation

     Today’s lecture was pretty easy to understand despite missing class yesterday. I would like to go more in depth about what I already discussed in class which is the idea that Dostoyevsky presents about Darwin. The author sarcastically argues that Darwinism and the “laws of nature” suggest that humans are predictable and are almost robots that are computerized with predetermined actions. Moreover, he jokes that “human nature” can easily be explained by Darwin because humans are just programmed using mathematics and code. In reality, Dostoyevsky is ridiculing Darwin’s beliefs with his indirect argument that humans cannot be explained because humans are not logical, and therefore, not predictable. I would agree completely with Dostoyevsky in that humans cannot be explained because if there were an explanation then the world would not work the way it does. In other words, if humans were..for lack of a better word..programmed, then one would be able to predict the actions of all humans when realistically..nothing could be farther from the truth. I would like to ask a question to finish off my post and it goes as follows: Dostoyevsky argues that the world constantly seeks an explanation to everything, specifically human nature. Additionally, he emphasizes on the idea that Darwinism is no different from religion in that it is just another attempt at explaining human life. Throughout this argument, isn’t the author ironically making an attempt himself?