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TomBo

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a correction

Apr 21, 2004, 00:57

"I'm not denying that our consciousness has been molded by evolution. Clearly it has. But some things have undeniably changed in our psyche, and not because of evolution."

This isn't what I mean, I've got myself across badly.

Evolution surely must have a part to play in the changes in our psyche that I refer to. The ability to use fire conveys a survival advantage, for a start, to use a more clear-cut example. What I'm arguing is that in parallel with the process of physical evolution (ie. of the sort that means the fire-users' descendants have a survival advantage and therefore come to dominate) there's a psychological process at work. Evolution's all about the survival of the fittest. Our increasing level of control over our environment, with tools, the use of fire, farming, etc., has made us more able to survive, materially speaking. But psychologically speaking, it has also created an ever increasing belief in an illusory mastery over and separation from nature.

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Fields Recordings From The Sea – Annexus Quam, Apr 19, 2004, 18:37


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