"In the beginning the world was without shape or form (lawless) and void (pointless) and darkness (ignorance) covered the face of the deep (the unknown). And the Spirit of God HOVERED over the (existing) waters and said, "let there be light."
And Divine law, Divine instruction, was spoken into existence as a "light to the nations" separating clean from unclean, true from false, right from wrong, good from evil, sanity from insanity, ie, life from "the death", a curse.
When voyager was sent into deep space looking for intelligent life the answer was given over 3000 years ago.
The Torah reflects a knowledge of the human mind that is still far greater than all the scientific theories to this date. The prophets openly said this was wisdom from otherworldly living creatures. I for one believe their report.
BTW, the forbidden fruit is the bullshit of a conman, a talking serpent, the nachash. Coincidentally the Pharaoh wore a serpent on his head and was a master of the magical arts, sorcery, what is now known as mind control.