Is humanity an evolutionary mistake?

[Cyrano]

Or, for those who believe in a supreme deity, was he/she/it just a clueless kid playing with a cosmic chemistry set?

I don't have an opinion either way. However, any objective observer would conclude that we live on a planet that might be FUBAR.

Have our scientific discoveries far outpaced our ability to control the world we have brought about? Have our machines of war far outpaced our ability to live together on this fragile rock hurtling through space?

Whether through design, or pure chance, the development of the human race has provided both genius and destructiveness. Unfortunately, our genius has more often than not been brought to bear on creating weapons of ultimate destruction.

Perhaps I'm feeling a bit cynical today. And that may be because, tonight, an incredibly ignorant man is going to stand in front of TV cameras to feed us a super-sized helping of horse manure. He's an insignificant toad. But his puppet masters have their bloody claws on buttons that can destroy us all.

So rather than watch tomorrow's commentary on whatever this jackass happens to bray tonight, I'd prefer to hear what some voices of wisdom here on DU have to say to interpret his bleatings.