Human Survival Was a Fluke

I’ve been thinking… when you look at the natural human being as what it is, it appears rather unsatisfying. Humans, without clothes, tools, weapons, or any sort of apparatus, are pathetic. We are naked and have almost no hair/fur to keep us warm, we are slow in comparison to most surviving creatures, we are weak in comparison to most creatures our size, we are vulnerable, no claws, sharp teeth, horns, camouflage, or special skills to help in survival. One would think, according to ideas of survival of the fittest and natural selection, we would have been wiped out or at least hardly progressed and remained an inferior race. However, something happened that had never happened before: we became conscious and smart. We figured out that we can create tool and things to help us adapt to our needs. We created clothes and tools and homes and fire and weapons. This sudden drastic change in consciousness happened and separated us from the entire animal kingdom including our ape ancestors. What could it have been? It was a fluke. We weren’t meant to survive, we probably would have died out or at least dwindled. Instead some kind of mistake, mutation, leap, or whatever allowed us to spring forward and become the most powerful, dominant species in history. No matter where we lived, we were able to adapt to the environment by learning from experience and creating a solution.
I’m sure many would say that we have over-progressed and over-done it. We have gone too far and have started to mess things up. Others would say that we have accomplished astounding feats and we should be proud of how far we’ve come. I think both are true but I just thought people should maybe stop and consider this idea. I doubt I’m the first to think it but what I’ve seen is people tend to think that humans are the “chosen” ones by god or we were put here for a reason or we have a purpose. There are the religious and spiritual sides and the other sides but I think that we just happened to be here and through an accident, a fluke, we survived. Dinosaurs lived much longer than humans have and they nothing like this ever happened to them. Our only attribute is our brains and our minds. Our ability to analyze, rationalize, invent, and keep coming up with things so that no matter what, we’ll survive it. We have gone past the stage of survival and progressed to a leisurely stage. We now create in the name of entertainment and recreation. We have gone farther than any creature on this planet, yet we still cannot and will not be perfect. We cannot get a system that works for everyone and there has not been one that has worked perfectly since the beginnings of civilization. I like to think I have a purpose here, that I’m meant to do something, but I accept that this may not be the truth. I am open to the possibility of a nihilistic existence and that there is no great essence, or purpose, or god, or anything. A scratch in the natural order. An exception to survival of the fittest. Just an odd chance of mindfulness.

Please comment, I’m eager to hear your ideas on the matter :)