their own existence—seems a strange outgrowth of the evolutionary process for Wright. He describes the alternative as humans that are devoid of consciousness and behave like zombies that form romantic relationships, eat, sleep, and have discussions only because they are programmed to via cultural and genetic transmission. Wright argues that consciousness is still a mystery in terms of evolutionary purpose, and leaves open the possibility that a divine entity introduced the phenomenon of consciousness. Wright also debates whether or not entities aside from humans possess consciousness. Wright also briefly questions the possibilities regarding what created natural selection, but Wright himself refers to his comments as highly speculative. Wright's idea of divinity is further explored in his follow-up book, The Evolution of God. He does not argue that an intelligent being is behind it all, but that the existence of a process that could be called divine is suggested, much the way the existence of electrons is suggested by the inner workings of a computer (despite no one ever seeing one). Bibliographical information Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, January 2001 , The Evolution of God, June 2009 (Hardcover, 1st edition) References External links nonzero.org A website about the book. 1999 non-fiction books Books by Robert Wright (journalist) Works about the theory of history