The price we pay for the long-sought-for realistic synthesis of the fields

“A theory is more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premise, the more different are the kinds of things it relates to, and the more extended its range of applicability.” Einstein

I think sociobiology supersedes philosophy, but also every other field. Nietzsche thought psychology supplanted philosophy, but now sociobiology supplants psychology---the term "evolutionary psychology" seems redundant.

But I think religion can take back the king/queen position by way of the philosophy of theological materialism, which affirms and expands the biological origin of social behavior with the material evolution to supermaterial Godhood. This long-sought-for extensive synthesis requires seeing evolution moving inevitably in a pattern, which virtually every scientist (and religionist) rejects. Even though it has its random elements, the pattern of evolution has a discernible direction, in spite of instances of stagnation and retreat, toward higher and higher more effective living forms.

Scientist Francis Heylighen wrote that "it is assumed that evolution is largely unpredictable and contingent on a host of uncontrollable factors, which may steer its course in any of an infinite number of directions. However, it is noted that directions in which complexity increases are generally preferred...The net effect will tend to be that the new ecosystem, formed by environment together with the newly added system (parasite, cave fish, aquatic mammal, etc.) will become more complex than it was before the appearance of the simplified system... ("The Growth of Structural and Functional Complexity during Evolution”)

The goal of evolving to Godhood need not deprive us of either science or religion. Defining the inward material activation of life (Tirips) as evolving toward higher and higher forms and eventually to Godhood, while always being shaped by natural outside evolution, seems to be a bit further than most people want to go, but I go there. Affirming this drive and direction is the price we pay for a long sought-for realistic synthesis of the fields.