if humans did not have the knowledge pf good & evil, the state of being of humanity might not be primitive like a tribe in the jungle (minus the warrior state of mind). Instead, possibly we might’ve been taught more directly by God, and possibly we might be by now in an advanced state like Star Trek (without having gone through ages of wars in fighting, murders jealousy…)

It’s difficult to imagine and a legitimate question. C. S. Lewis, the British Narnia author, also thought deeply on subjects like this and wrote Perelandra about a world where the first “humans” on this other planet chose to refrain from eating the forbidden fruit. And more philosophical discussion he notes that the more powerful a creature is created, the more powerful it’s freedom of choice becomes, and the more potential it has for choosing to go its own way, including going awry.

This amount of power plus freedom of choice enables an existence search that the creator is not a God over a rope, robotic world of clones who follow commands all the time, but have freedom of choice and creativity. If this level of choice and freedom did not exist than existence of humanity might be kind of boring, but then back to that Star Trek idea, and a state of advancement without having that knowledge of good and evil… a great philosophical question to explore.