I have considered that man is a project at University. What if however you think of the project in far less human focused terms. You might reach another conclusion.
If we were created as a slave species for the express purpose of mining, refining and stockpiling gold, it makes a little bit more sense. Assume for a moment that such is reason for our existence, and logically test it for reasonableness.
If you were to create a species of being on a distant planet to mine, refine and stockpile a resource so that you could return periodically to recover the stockpiles and do whatever “reset” of the population of said species you found necessary for another round of mining…you would try and find a balance in the genetic makeup of your creation so that:
1. It would have a desire to serve and worship a “God” (so you could present yourself as such and get firm control).
2. It would have a desire to gather the resource you desire, but have no particular use for it as a consumable product themselves.
3. It would be capable of reproducing itself.
3. It would be intelligent enough to train its offspring in the necessary skills to perform the work. It would also train its offspring to worship the “God” you presented to it in the early period of its existence since the last reset.
The VMAT2 gene is responsible for the “God” part. We haven’t yet isolated the gene which makes us value Gold which has little utility for us directly. What is the cause of “Gold Fever”?
If the intelligence you gave it was high enough to perform well, it would also be high enough for it to figure out how to leave the planet…launch itself into the cosmos. A reset when this point was reached or nearly would be how to control them to keep them bound to the planet, and basically ignorant that were working themselves almost to death to give the fruits of their labor to another and then die.
What if the creator species was called “Anunnaki” and the creation called “Man” and the next reset was soon?