All of that has been written ad nauseum, so I'll be brief.

There are two paths on earth. The path to temporal perfection and the path to enlightenment.

They are completely separate and define the duality of man.

Only the beast can approach (never achieve) temporal perfection... The sheep-ape. The only goal is to rise to the top of the hierarchy of sheep-apes. The human genome is far more powerful than you can imagine. This is why we are so engrossed in controlling it.

You think we seek this knowledge to make blue-eyed babies and cure disease, but it's really to become gods upon earth; smarter, more ruthless and physically unapproachable compared to any taxpayer (laughing out loud!).

The other path leads to ascension. Period. No more earth and no more temporal existence.

But there there is a reason for earth to exists and it's more like heroine than anything else. Think of it as galactic heroine.