[ConsentofGoverned]

"Your answer still assumes, a priori, without any evidence, that everything we see in the natural world is there for US. It's a very arrogant position."
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Yep arrogant is my middle name. but then I do not claim to understand the origin of the species and the chemistry of life..I only understand the tools I use daily and the objective results of modern drugs..the fact that plants produce chemicals that have beneficial results in humans is a blessing and mystery to me. The a priori part is that I use them (plant alakloids) the question remains why does the poppy produce psychoactive compounds?

[CarolinaGuitarman]

" Yep arrogant is my middle name."

OK.

" but then I do not claim to understand the origin of the species and the chemistry of life.."

Sure you do, though I don't know what *the species* is.

"I only understand the tools I use daily and the objective results of modern drugs..the fact that plants produce chemicals that have beneficial results in humans is a blessing and mystery to me."

No it isn't; you assume everything has some human benefit.

"The a priori part is that I use them (plant alakloids)"

No, that's the a posteriori part.

"the question remains why does the poppy produce psychoactive compounds?"

To think it is for us is the height of arrogance.