Evolutionary biologist and Harvard professor Stephen I. Gould’s October 15th lecture consisted of an exuberant exaltation and glorification of bacteria. In a metaphysical ecstasy, Gould maintained that “this is the age of bacteria; it has always been and it will always be.”

Gould would have shown more insight and perception by saying, for instance, “this is the age of electrons, protons and neutrons; it has always been and perhaps it always will be.”

After all, bacteria, as everything else, are made of electrons, protons and neutrons. But this is beside the point.

In a fanatic incantation, Gould repeatedly emphasized the omnipotence of bacteria and the insignificance of humans in the affairs of the planet Earth. “Humans are just a geological eye blink,” stated Gould. I should say, yes, an eye-blink which, however, triggered and ignited the miracle of all miracles, the “genius of the human brain.”

It’s a miracle that is in the process of liberating us from the indoctrinations of Darwin and other evolutionists by rendering obsolete our surrender to the whims of natural selection.

In fact, we will select the future course of events on the planet Earth, on the entire solar system and even on the entire Cosmos.

By means of unprecedented technological and scientific feats, we humans have defied gravity and very often have defied even imminent death itself.

Contrary to Gould’s belief, we have all the reasons to believe that we are more powerful than we think, not only in terms of this planet, but even in terms of the Cosmos.

We are unique and the most intelligent beings in the entire Cosmos. Who else could have created masterpieces such as Kreutzer Sonatas, Rasumovski’s and late quartets of Beethoven Partitas and Masses of Bach and, above all, the decimal representation of the real numbers? Who else?

The human genius not only isn’t going to surrender to bacteria but it will alter the Cosmos — it will rearrange the entire solar system and select a much healthier, much more intelligent and much safer cosmic parameters for the planet Earth and for other planets we will reorbit and populate.

In short, it is time to reject the further acceptance of “the preservation of favored species by means of natural selection.” Instead, we must accept “the preservation of humans by means of rational alteration of Cosmos.”

Alexander Abian

Professor (Emeritus)

Mathematics