Idea of God

The power of life lies in its pyramidal structure: the lower you go, the simpler the organisms. Structurally, they are simpler, organizationally, they are more complex: they form strictly coordinated colonies. But their strength lies in their closer proximity to the base, to matter, and their deeper penetration. The higher you go, the more refined the food these organisms require. If the food chain is disrupted and radiation occurs, they die immediately. The lower you go, the closer the organisms are to raw matter, and somewhere at the very bottom, they are capable of living literally on an asteroid in space. In a thermal spring, under radiation, and so on. They extract food from inorganic matter, from radiation. Organisms on the next level eat them, but are still highly adaptable and resistant to attack.

At the very bottom of the world's hierarchy are inorganic "microbes"—molecules, below them are atoms, then particles like photons and electrons. What's lower? So, God's place in this pyramid could be at the bottom—some kind of universal source of everything, an infinite Solaris. Or at the top, above all the pyramids of the Universe. Is there a plan? If so, then God is at the top. And then, from the very bottom, it's design, not chance. If at the bottom, then everything becomes even more complex. Then reality grows from something deep, probably eternal, not necessarily intelligent in our understanding of the word. Are fungi intelligent? But without them, without their life algorithm, without their ability to survive, where everything higher up the hierarchy perishes, there would be no other life.