Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24891101-20140607205922

Noted, and I was similar. My impression of Man being young was not couched in Biblical terms, but merely supported. Moreover, my use of mythological was, perhaps ill-advised. I meant from an in-universe perspective, that the origin would be heavily mythologised. I meant more in terms of "having higher purpose". A certain intentionality and interventionality, whether by hand of deity or alien (or whatever). From my perspective, though, the notion of Man being "remnants, byproducts" is inconsistent with arising naturalistically, from a story-telling perspective. Remnants and byproducts of what, exactly? What event or series thereof, could give birth to mankind, without a biological lineage which would have been destroyed by the Grimm? Some sudden infusion of soul? That speaks to deep metaphysics.

I'm suddenly reminded of His Dark Materials, and the role Dust plays there. The most merciful thing in the world...

I will note the metaphorical reading of "born from dust" and note that "in time, man's passion, resourcefulness, and ingenuity led them to" Dust, suggesting a significant period of time in which they lacked. We can make parallels to Earth: ''Man, born of iron. ''But if we discuss humans in a pre-Iron Age context, as in the opening narration, this is inappropriate.